Michael Vernon Weaver, 42, and his company Southern Ocean Seafoods Limited faced 19 joint charges for trading more than 12 tonnes of unreported seafood from the Chatham Islands valued at more than $900,000. Southern Ocean Seafoods Limited, of which Weaver is the sole director, was fined the same amount. Director of compliance services Gary Orr said under Weaver's management Snapper Seafoods LTD received unreported seafood between January 2017 and March 2018. "It should be noted that Mr Weaver deliberately misled Snapper Seafoods, the company he used to receive the illegal catch. Snapper Seafoods were not aware of the deception and were not charged," Orr said.

Source: New Zealand Herald October 05, 2021 04:07 UTC