New Zealand fishing and seafood company Talleys Group Ltd has been fined NZ$48,000 and ordered to pay NZ$35,000 in reparation to the family of a crewman killed after falling nearly 7m on the vessel ‘Capt MJ Souza’ in May 2012.

In his judgment, District Court Judge Ian Mill said the company “either foresaw the risk but did not take all reasonably practical steps in the circumstances of this case or ought to have foreseen the risk and failed to do so”.

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