Take safety seriously, collaborate and ‘leave competition at the door’ is the message for the seafood sector.
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Dawson and Associates attended the 2024 Seafood New Zealand conference last week in Auckland where Peter Dawson was announced as a finalist in the Seafood Stars Awards as a Life Member.
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Fishers, fishing officials, and adjacent industries gathered at the recent New Zealand Federation of Commercial Fishermen conference to hear and present on issues, challenges, and opportunities facing fishing, including watchkeeping compliance, and the rollout of cameras.
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The Deepwater Group made a presentation at the New Zealand Seafood Conference held in August 2022, setting some of the facts straight about New Zealand’s bottom fisheries. Read more …
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Join the Rt Hon Winston Peters, Hon Shane Jones and guest panel as they discuss the effect that Covid-19 has on the seafood industry.
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Amaltal Fishing Co Ltd has won its appeal against the March 2021 conviction for taking marine life from the Hikurangi Marine Reserve for commercial purposes, without lawful authority or reasonable excuse in breach of the Marine Reserves Act.
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Nelson has the biggest fishing port in Australasia, and each year the Nelson marine community gathers for the annual Blessing of the Fleet ceremony.
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Peter Dawson appeared at the sentencing of Amaltal Fishing Company Limited in a matter where the skipper of an Amaltal fishing vessel lost situational awareness and trawled briefly in a marine reserve.
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Dawson and Associates has represented a consortium of fishing interests since 2013 in opposing an application for marine discharge consents. This matter is currently before the Supreme Court.
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In a 30 May 2019 Judgment of the New Zealand High Court by his Honour Judge Dobson, the Court denied an application for judicial review of the updated fisheries reporting regulations which seek to update reporting requirements for commercial fishing activities to require…
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