Fisherman didn't report catching 2.5 tonnes of snapper
Kia ora neighbours, a commercial fisherman who didn’t report catching 2.5 tonnes of snapper, kahawai and gurnard has been fined $26,500.
Hamish Robert Apatu, 54, was sentenced on Monday in the Kaitāia District Court on three charges under the Fisheries Act.
The charges were based around his commercial fishing reports and the financial benefit gained by not filling them out accurately.
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