New Zealand New Zealand fisheries want grisly images of dead penguins caught in nets censored Industry leaders say plan to install cameras on commercial fishing vessels is a risk to ‘NZ Inc’ NZ fisheries are worried about the release of footage such as this of a penguin found dead in a fishing net. Photograph: Ministry of Primary Industries, New Zealand​The seafood industry in New Zealand has asked the government to withhold graphic video of dead sea life caught in trawler nets as they are potentially damaging to fisheries and to brand New Zealand. Niwa estimates for every kilogram of reported target catch (what the fishing boat aims to catch ) there is 0.2 kg of bycatch. “These are the images the fishing industry doesn’t want you to see,” said Forest & Bird’s chief executive Kevin Hague. “What they [the seafood industry] are saying is catching endangered penguins, dumping entire hauls of fish overboard and killing Hector’s dolphins looks really bad on TV.

Source: The Guardian January 17, 2018 04:07 UTC