Tag: fishing vessel 'Perlon'

• Monday, May 18th 2015 - 04:19 UTC

  Notorious poacher 'Perlon' detained in Malaysia with 330 tons of illegal toothfish

  

  New Zealand fishing company Sanford is welcoming news that a Nigerian registered vessel has been detained in Malaysia and 330 tons of toothfish confiscated from it. Sanford is one of only two New Zealand companies permitted to source toothfish from the Ross Sea fishery.

• Tuesday, April 28th 2015 - 05:38 UTC

  Australia intercepts and boards the fishing vessel 'Perlon', from the IUU list

  

  Australia has intercepted in the Southern Ocean the fishing vessel Perlon, believed to have been operating under a false flag in defiance of international conventions, according to an official report from the Ministry of Immigration and Border Protection.