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Seafish Tasmania is an Australian privately owned fisheries company based in
On 10 March 2016, the company was fined $40,000 after pleading guilty in the Hobart Magistrates Court for the unlawful disposal of more than 1,200 truckloads of fish processing waste from its fish processing plant at Triabunna, occurring during 2012. The fine was not paid and the company was listed on the debtors list of the Department of Justice website. The Environmental Protection Authority estimated costs of their investigation to exceed $100,000 and the land owner had paid $21,000 to cleanup the site.
The company recorded seven convictions relating to environmental issues between 2011 and 2013.
During June 2016, Seafish Tasmania objected to the release of video footage of a dolphin being captured in the nets of the Geelong Star super trawler, claiming the footage would cause damage to their business reputation and incite environmental activists to protest at the company's operations.
On 25 December 2016, a former managing director of Seafish Tasmania, Joseph Pirrello, was arrested on allegations of importing
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Triabunna, Tasmania
Triabunna is a rural residential locality in the local government area (LGA) of Glamorgan–Spring Bay in the South-east LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about north-east of the city of Hobart. The has a population of 905 for the state ...
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It is not to be confused with the newsletter of the same name.
Super trawlers
In 2010 the company ceased its operation of small fishing vessels claiming the venture was not profitable, attempting in 2012 to fish Australian waters usingsuper trawler
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s, large factory ship
A factory ship, also known as a fish processing vessel, is a large ocean-going vessel with extensive on-board facilities for processing and freezing caught fish or whales. Modern factory ships are automated and enlarged versions of the earlier wh ...
s owned by Dutch company Parlevliet & van der Plas with the ability to freeze catches onboard, requiring less returns to shore.
It has had rights to fishing in federal legislative constraints in 2010, however the company attempts to introduce super trawlers have been problematic.
In 2012 Federal politicians saw the expansion of the company in a positive light.
In 2012, Seafish Tasmania was provided with a $420,000 government grant to produce locally made fish oil
Fish oil is oil derived from the tissues of oily fish. Fish oils contain the omega-3 fatty acids eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), precursors of certain eicosanoids that are known to reduce inflammation in the body a ...
for human consumption.
The super trawler FV Margiris
FV ''Margiris'' is the world's second largest fishing boat. It is a super trawler and factory ship.
To Australia as ''Abel Tasman''
In 2012, Seafish Tasmania brought the ship (then named the ''Abel Tasman'') to Australia. She was originally ...
, at the time the second largest fishing vessel in the world, was brought into Australian waters in 2012 and renamed ''Abel Tasman''.
On 11 September 2012, the Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources Tony Burke
Anthony Stephen Burke (born 4 November 1969) is an Australian politician serving as Leader of the House, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations and Minister for the Arts since 2022. He is a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP ...
tabled a bill in parliament to ban super trawlers from operating in Australian waters for a two year period, claiming further research was needed on their impact to the environment. Senator Eric Abetz
Eric Abetz (born 25 January 1958) is a former Australian politician who was a Senator for Tasmania from 1994 to 2022, representing the Liberal Party. He was the Minister for Employment and the Leader of the Government in the Senate in the Abbo ...
said he believed Seafish Tasmania would be able to claim damages due to the decision to ban their trawler from operating.
In 2015, the much smaller Dirk Diederik KW 172 was brought to Australia and renamed as ''FV Geelong Star'', both meeting with controversy before departing Australia.
The issues arising from the Margiris event saw a legislative catchup occur, and the company welcoming improved regulations.
The company attempted to challenge bans on super trawlers in the Federal Court of Australia
The Federal Court of Australia is an Australian superior court of record which has jurisdiction to deal with most civil disputes governed by federal law (with the exception of family law matters), along with some summary (less serious) and indic ...
, resulting in their application being dismissed with costs.
Controversy
On 10 March 2016, the company was fined $40,000 after pleading guilty in the Hobart Magistrates Court for the unlawful disposal of more than 1,200 truckloads of fish processing waste from its fish processing plant at Triabunna, occurring during 2012. The fine was not paid and the company was listed on the debtors list of the Department of Justice website. The Environmental Protection Authority estimated costs of their investigation to exceed $100,000 and the land owner had paid $21,000 to cleanup the site.
The company recorded seven convictions relating to environmental issues between 2011 and 2013.
During June 2016, Seafish Tasmania objected to the release of video footage of a dolphin being captured in the nets of the Geelong Star super trawler, claiming the footage would cause damage to their business reputation and incite environmental activists to protest at the company's operations.
On 25 December 2016, a former managing director of Seafish Tasmania, Joseph Pirrello, was arrested on allegations of importing cocaine
Cocaine (from , from , ultimately from Quechuan languages, Quechua: ''kúka'') is a central nervous system (CNS) stimulant mainly recreational drug use, used recreationally for its euphoria, euphoric effects. It is primarily obtained from t ...
worth an estimated $360 million into Australia.
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