The owners of three Chinese fishing vessels have been fined for breaches of New Zealand's Exclusive Economic Zone.
In April and September 2011 the three vessels made five unauthorised incursions into the zone.
A formal investigation by Chinese authorities found that the incidents were unintentional and the
owners have been fined $50,000 per ship.
The Chinese government says it will take measures to prevent further incursions into the zone, and says it now requires its vessels to use both paper and electronic navigational charts.
