The Price of Fish
The Price of Fish investigates the ways foreign charter fishing vessels - so called ‘slave ships’ - are plundering New Zealand fish stocks and abusing their Indonesian crews. The NZ domestic fishing fleet is in trouble. In the last 10 years the number of boats has halved. Russian and Korean factory trawlers are plundering NZ waters and they are paid by NZ companies to do it. Many NZ companies own or lease quota and instead of using Kiwi fishing boats to catch it, they charter foreign trawlers. Some of these foreign trawlers demonstrate a cavalier attitude to NZ law, marine regulations and sustainable fishing practices. Film-maker Guye Henderson investigates allegations of deliberate over-fishing, doctored catch reports, illegal dumping and the mistreatment of Indonesian crews, including physical and sexual abuse.
Primary Title
- The Price of Fish
Date Broadcast
- Thursday 2 August 2012
Start Time
- 21 : 30
Finish Time
- 22 : 30
Duration
- 60:00
Channel
- TV3
Broadcaster
- MediaWorks Television
Programme Description
- The Price of Fish investigates the ways foreign charter fishing vessels - so called ‘slave ships’ - are plundering New Zealand fish stocks and abusing their Indonesian crews. The NZ domestic fishing fleet is in trouble. In the last 10 years the number of boats has halved. Russian and Korean factory trawlers are plundering NZ waters and they are paid by NZ companies to do it. Many NZ companies own or lease quota and instead of using Kiwi fishing boats to catch it, they charter foreign trawlers. Some of these foreign trawlers demonstrate a cavalier attitude to NZ law, marine regulations and sustainable fishing practices. Film-maker Guye Henderson investigates allegations of deliberate over-fishing, doctored catch reports, illegal dumping and the mistreatment of Indonesian crews, including physical and sexual abuse.
Classification
- PGR
Owning Collection
- Chapman Archive
Broadcast Platform
- Television
Languages
- English
Captions
Live Broadcast
- No
Rights Statement
- Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Subjects
- Documentary television programs--New Zealand
- Fishing--New Zealand
- Maori (New Zealand people)--Fishing
- Fisheries--New Zealand
- Fishing boats--New Zealand
- Marine resources conservation--New Zealand
- Territorial waters--New Zealand
Genres
- Documentary
Hosts
- Guye Henderson (Presenter)
Contributors
- Guye Henderson (Director)
- Howard Taylor (Producer)
- filmco (Production Unit)
- Howard Taylor Productions (Production Unit)
Subjects
- Documentary television programs--New Zealand
- Fishing--New Zealand
- Maori (New Zealand people)--Fishing
- Fisheries--New Zealand
- Fishing boats--New Zealand
- Marine resources conservation--New Zealand
- Territorial waters--New Zealand