Tag Archives: Talley’s Group
Fire on fishing trawler forces it to drop net at sea, becomes target of Greenpeace vandals
The fire broke out in the engine room of the Talley’s ship Amaltal Enterprise on July 2, while the vessel was trawling more than 35 km off the coast of Greymouth, the company said. The ship was towed back to Port Nelson, where it became the target of an early morning protest on July 6 by Greenpeace activists calling for an end to bottom trawling,,, The fire was extinguished swiftly by Talley’s on-board fire personnel, and the authorities were immediately notified.,, No evacuation of the vessel was required, and none of its 45 crew needed medical attention. >click to read< 13:41
Fishing company and skipper on trial for alleged unlawful trawling in Tasman Sea
Fishing company Amaltal and a skipper of its vessel the Apollo are on trial for allegedly trawling in an unauthorised area of the Tasman Sea. Amaltal, the deepwater division of Talley’s Group, has denied that its vessel deliberately fished in an unauthorised area during a May 2018 trip and has maintained it was a technical error based on out-of-date information given by the fisheries observer on board. Judge David Ruth is presiding over the judge-alone trial which began in the Nelson District Court on Tuesday. >click to read< 09:57
