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WATERFRONT BUSINESS In brief… New tug for Wellington CentrePort is bringing a new, state-of-the- art tug boat to Wellington to allow larger ships into the harbour. More than a fifth of cruise liners calling at Wellington next year will be over 300m and the next generation will be 340m. The Queen Elizabeth, a regular visitor to Wellington, is 294m. The new tug, capable of pulling 68 tonnes, will partner the Tiaki and is expected to be in service by mid-to-late 2013. Jet-boating fatality The name of the man who died during a jet boating incident on the Waimakariri River in North Canterbury was Leslie Stirling of Christchurch. The 44 year old died when his boat became stuck after flipping over in shallow water, trapping him inside. Maritime NZ are investigating. Latest ISSF position The Position Statement released on April 26 by the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation reports that stocks of Bigeye, Yellowfin and Skipjack tuna are not overfished, and recommend catches not exceeding 102,900, 300,000 and 512,000 tonnes respectively. It found that Albacore tuna are overfished and expects further declines in biomass and catch rates if current levels of fishing are maintained. The report expressed concern that if the established process to formulate allocation criteria is followed that a prolonged debate could result in a failure to adopt effective and timely conservation and management measures and they recommend that a TAC be put in place. They also comment on: the need for a precautionary approach, reference points and harvest control rules, vessel registry, and capacity limitation and recommend that the Indian Ocean Tuna Scientific Committee give an explicit definition for LSTLFV's or longliners, and ensure that trans-shipments are properly monitored. Recommended measures for limiting shark fishing mortality are that fins remain attached while on board, and the need for significant improvements in reporting. Inferior brass fittings Queensland-based naval architect Peter Brady claims that European boatbuilders are using inferior skin fittings and seacocks in production boats because the 1998 CE Standard allows them to do so. The CE Standard requires that fittings need only be corrosion resistant for five years, and some boatbuilders are using common brass instead of silicon bronze, stainless steel or composites. 40 Professional Skipper July/August 2012 Mike Hodson Inducted into NZ Boat Show Hall of Fame ENL FOUNDING DIREC- TOR, Mike Hodson is the latest inductee into the New Zealand Boat Show Hall of Fame. Mike started work in the marine industry in the mid-1970s as a qualified radio engineer with the Navy and worked part-time for ENL, then a small company servicing the commercial fishing industry. By the late 1970s Mike was ENL's general manager and in the early 1980's he mortgaged everything he owned and bought the company. Mike founded the Furuno Fishing Tournament first held in 1986 that ran for 19 years. Mike was one of the first in the industry to recognise the value of training. He instituted in-house training at ENL, helped establish the Boating Industry Training Organisation (now the Marine Industry Training Organisation), and spent 10 years as a BITO board member. In that time, he was also instrumental in creating the Marine Trades Challenge, an increasingly popular event that allows marine industry apprentices to showcase their skills. Mike started a special R&D division at ENL in 1990, a move that has already paid handsome dividends, resulting in innovative products such as Netlink and WASSP (which sells into 23 countries), and helping ENL secure a multi-million dollar order for the Royal New Zealand Navy's seven new Protector vessels. Although no longer actively involved in the day to day running of ENL, Mike remains a director, continues to share his strong opinions and offer advice and is still a very, very keen fisherman. LEFT: The senior management teams of North P&I and Sunderland Marine BELOW: Alan Wilson and Paul Jennings, joint managing directors of North P&I, with Geoff Parkinson, CEO of Sunderland Marine INSURERS' STRATEGIC ALLIANCE TWO OF THE UK's leading marine insurers, North East based Sunderland Marine Mutual Insurance and North of England P&I Association (North), have formed a strategic alliance by way of reinsurance. SMMI insures commercial fishing vessels, charter vessels and small commercial craft providing hull and machinery cover, liability protection and is also a major insurer of aquaculture stock and equipment. North specialises in insuring larger commercial vessels and covers approximately 12 percent of the global tonnage entered with the International Group P&I Clubs.