March 12, 2021
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Nelson-based fishing company Amaltal has been fined $27,600 for illegal fishing in a marine reserve off the coast of Kaikōura. In November, the company...was found guilty of illegal fishing in the reserve, some months after the skipper was fined in May 2020 for his part in the fishing. The offending happened in March 2019, when the Amaltal Mariner strayed into the Hikurangi Marine Reserve while trawling for orange roughy.
