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logo 11/19/2024 10:43:01 PM     
New Zealand trawler catches coral, triggering fishing suspension in Lord Howe Rise 
By Michael Morrah NZ Source: NZ Herald 10/31/2024
Michael Morrah
 A New Zealand bottom trawler has hauled up 37 kilograms of coral while fishing in international waters, triggering an immediate suspension of all fishing in the area until at least 2026.

Conservationists have called the incident “shameful”, but the Oceans and Fisheries Minister Shane Jones called the closure order “severe” and downplayed the event, telling the Herald, “I wouldn’t fuss about it”.
 

Nelson-based trawler Tasman Viking, owned by Westfleet Fishing Limited, was fishing in the Lord Howe Rise between New Zealand and Australia when it caught three types of coral weighing 37kg – which exceeded international limits of 15kg.

  
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