Tag: Abel Tasman trawl

• Monday, November 19th 2012 - 11:19 UTC

  Australia imposes a two-year ban on super-trawlers

  

  Australian Environment minister Tony Burke signed into force on Monday a two-year ban on any super trawler operating in the small pelagic fishery. The ban is based on a battery of new laws and seems directed to the arrival to Australia of the Dutch vessel Abel Tasman.