UPDATE: On September 7, the super trawler Magiris gained Australian registration and a new name - the Abel Tasman. Fishers, conservationists and tourist operators are up in arms over the imminent ...

The Margiris super trawler is due to arrive in South Australia today, amid renewed claims the ship's fishing quota "isn't worth the paper it's written on", because one of the ship's owners helped to ...

THESE are the amazing scenes that many fear will vanish if the world's second largest trawler is allowed to work the NSW coastline. The images were captured by a fisherman off Narooma on the state's ...

The Dutch-owned ship, the largest to operate in Australian waters, has been met with protests from concerned environmentalists. It was to have been based primarily in Tasmania but the registration has ...

A huge Dutch super-trawler was Tuesday given the go-ahead to fish in Australian waters but with tough conditions to minimise by-catch such as dolphins, seals and sea lions. The 9,500-tonne FV Margiris ...

The operator of the 142-metre factory ship, to be renamed the Abel Tasman, says it has nominated the Queensland capital in an application to have the vessel reflagged as Australian. "However, that ...

The Margiris “super-trawler” is heading for Australia to catch jack mackerel and associated small surface-dwelling species. It faces a lot of opposition, largely based on assertions that the vessel’s ...

The world’s second biggest fishing boat is some 136 metres long and drags nets stretching the length of six football fields behind it. It can hold 6,000 tonnes of fish at a time and has been in Irish ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Blue whiting caught by an industrial trawler in Scotland.MARCEL MOCHET/AFP via Getty Images Dutch-owned supertrawler FV Margiris ...

You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. The Dutch super trawler Margiris is the target of escalating opposition ahead of its arrival in ...

The Dutch-owned ship, the largest to operate in Australian waters, has been met with protests from concerned environmentalists. It was to have been based primarily in Tasmania but the registration has ...