Naeraberg
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 Faroe Islands
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| Operator: | Parlevliet & Van der Plas BV Seafish Tasmania (2015-16) |
| Port of registry: | Klaksvik |
| Builder: | Frisian Shipyard Welgelegen, Harlingen |
| Launched: | 1983 |
| Homeport: | Klaksvik |
| Identification: |
IMO number: 8918318
MMSI number: 231132000
Call sign: PDQW
   
OW2072 (2017} |
| Status: | In service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Super Trawler |
| Tonnage: | 5,099 GT 4,475 DWT |
| Length: | 103.95 m (341.0 ft) |
| Beam: | 15.3 m (50 ft) |
| Draught: | 7.8 m (26 ft) |
Naeraberg is a 5,099 GT super trawler and factory ship, built in the Netherlands by Frisian Shipyard Welgelegen, Harlingen in 1983.
The ship was operated in Australia from 2015 until 2016 by Seafish Tasmania under the name FV Geelong Star and was permitted to catch 16,500 tons per year, later increased to 18,623 tons , of red bait, jack mackerel and sardines, using Corio Quay in Geelong as its home port during its time in Australia.
Trawling is banned in Tasmanian waters, with the Premier of Tasmania Will Hodgman saying,
""It's a matter that's determined by the Commonwealth Government, our position in Tasmania is very clear - trawling is in fact banned, we've banned trawling in Tasmanian waters...We also support the continuing ban on super trawlers which has been previously debated. I've communicated that to the Federal Government as well, but matters that come within their control and their responsibility are determined by them - but our position is very clear on this.
The vessel was permitted to take its quota of fish in a designated zone reaching from Queensland, around the south-east coast of Australia, to Western Australia.
Opposition to the operator of the trawler, Seafish Tasmania was interlinked with Tasmanian politics.
Controversy around the ship reached Australian government level with Senate motions over the ship.
The vessel operated in Australia waters without its Automatic Identification System enabled to avoid tracking of the ship by activists.
On October 31, 2016, the ship left Australian waters and returned to the Netherlands, assuming her former name of Dirk Diederik KW 172.
Environmental groups were opposed to the style of the trawler and its capacities.
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