Fisheries, aquaculture and maritime lawyers in New Zealand

Pitt & Moore & your business

Specialist legal advice for commercial fishers, aquaculture operators and maritime businesses.

We offer timely and practical legal advice for commercial fishers and fishing companies across all of their legal issues. 

Our fisheries regulation lawyers and maritime dispute lawyers understand the operational, regulatory and commercial pressures facing the fisheries and maritime sectors in New Zealand’s highly regulated environment. 

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If you require advice as a commercial fisher, aquaculture operators and maritime businesses. We are ready to assist with clear, strategic guidance tailored to your operations. 

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Industry knowledge and real results

We know what matters to our clients. 

Marty Logan, the area lead, has over 10 years of specialist knowledge advising fishing and maritime clients. We understand your unique issues and the highly regulated environment in which you operate. This enables us to provide specialist advice you can trust. 

Our advice is practical, commercially grounded and aligned with the realities of operating in a quota-managed and compliance-driven industry. 

Fisheries regulation and compliance

For commercial fishers we can assist you with:

Early legal advice can significantly reduce compliance risk and strengthen your position in regulatory proceedings. 

Maritime operations and dispute resolution 

For those in the maritime industry, your regulatory framework may seem to be constantly changing, and we are up to date with those changes. 

We are well versed in all dispute resolution aspects of the industry, including vessel arrests. Should you need assistance with commercial aspects, including buying or chartering vessels, then we have extensive experience with this across multiple jurisdictions. 

We provide strategic advice on both operational compliance and commercial risk management within the maritime sector. 

Integrated regulatory and commercial support 

Fisheries and maritime matters often intersect with resource management, employment, health & safety and overseas investment regulation.

As a full-service firm, our sector specialists collaborate closely with our: 

Resource management lawyers Employment law advisers Health and safety specialists Overseas investment team Litigation and dispute resolution team

This ensures coordinated advice across regulatory, operational and commercial issues. 

Why work with Pitt & Moore?

Sector-specific expertise.

Marty Logan has over 10 years of specialist knowledge advising fishing and maritime clients. 

Regulatory clarity.

We provide clear advice within a complex and evolving statutory framework. 

Commercially practical solutions.

We provide our clients with specialist and strategic advice on the law applying to their situation and then work closely with them to achieve their goals. 

Get in touch with our dedicated specialists in fisheries, aquaculture and maritime.