New Zealand: Company to pay $514,300 in fines and reparation after overloaded fishing vessel sinks

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A Wellington-based fishing company, its sole director, and a master were fined a total of $449,500 over the sinking of the grossly overloaded fishing boat ‘Victory II’ in June 2017. The company was also ordered to pay $64,800 in reparation to the crew for unpaid wages and emotional harm.

Maritime NZ Central Region Compliance Manager, Michael-Paul Abbott, said Victory II should have carried no more than five tonnes of fish.

Instead, it was loaded with at least 28 tonnes when it sank near Kaikōura...

https://safety4sea.com/new-zealand-company-to-pay-514300-in-fines-and-reparation-after-overloaded-fishing-vessel-sinks/

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