The caravan and all associated cooking equipment have been seized and the woman is likely to face prosecution in relation to serious breaches of the Fisheries Act 1996. Serious breaches of the Act attract maximum fines of up to $250,000 and the forfeiture of all property used during the offending. The daily legal limit for snapper on Northland's east coast is nine per fisher with a minimum size of 27cm. Fish can only be purchased from a commercial fisher or a commercially operated fish retailer. It is illegal to purchase as well as sell recreationally caught fish and those caught committing offences may face prosecution.
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The four Korean officers of the fishing vessel Oyang 75, were sentenced by Judge Saunders in the Christchurch District Court on September 21. The Judge sentenced Captain Chong Pil Yun with fines totalling $208, 500, Chief Officer Minsu Park was fined a total of $121,000, Deck Bosun Wongeun Kang was fined $60,000, and Radio Operator Jun Cheol Lee was fined $35,000. The Factory Manager was convicted and will be sentenced at a later date.
The Ministry for Primary Industries laid a range of charges against the men under the Fisheries Act 1996 for misreporting and illegal dumping of fish between March 2011 and June 2011. It was conservatively estimated that 405 tonnes of Quota Species, mainly Hoki valued at between $800,000 and $1.4 million, was dumped. The Oyang 75 was operating in New Zealand waters under a foreign charter arrangement by the New Zealand Company Southern Storm Fishing Limited.
FISHING CHANGES ANNOUNCED
Minister for Primary Industries David Carter has approved changes to some fishing catch limits and management controls. The decisions follow an annual scientific stock assessment and fisheries management review run by the Ministry for Primary Industries who consulted with stakeholders including fishers, environmental groups, tangata whenua, and the public. This year's changes are:
• Increasing the Total Allowable Catch for seven inshore stocks, with potential gains of $800,000 in landed value
• Continuing a programme of reducing the TAC for five bluenose stocks, to enable the bluenose fishery to rebuild
• Including school shark to Schedule 6 of the Fisheries Act 1996, potentially reducing current annual costs to commercial fishers of $190,000
• Adjusting the deemed value rates across 41 fish stocks where MPI considers more effective incentives for fishers to land
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