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Sealord defends foreign fishing operations

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By SeafoodSource staff
31 January, 2012 - Amid allegations of human rights and labor abuses aboard foreign chartered fishing boats, Nelson-based Sealord Group has strongly defended its own operations using Ukrainian boats.

A government joint ministerial inquiry is due to report in February following its investigations into the use of foreign chartered boats to fish quota in New Zealand’s exclusive economic zone.

The inquiry followed extensive Fairfax Media investigations into the fishery and a major study by the University of Auckland Business School.

Under the terms of reference, the ministerial inquiry has to investigate whether New Zealand’s international reputation is being damaged by the foreign chartered boats.

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