Tag: fishing vessels

Tuesday, April 30th 2013 - 22:59 UTC
Chilean navy tugboat checking Antarctica area where Chinese factory ship went down

A tugboat from the Chilean Navy equipped for environmental emergencies is trying to determine the position where the remains of the Chinese factory ship Kai Xin went down in Antarctica last week after catching fire and left adrift by the 97 member crew rescued by a Norwegian vessel and a reefer.
Tuesday, March 5th 2013 - 04:20 UTC
FAO sponsored guidelines for flag sate accountability and cutting illegal fishing

After several years of negotiations, countries have taken a major step against illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (IUU), one of the greatest threats to sustainable fisheries and related livelihoods.
Friday, August 3rd 2012 - 07:38 UTC
Venezuela fishing vessels caught in French Guiana waters will be destroyed

Two Venezuelan fishing vessels were caught illegally operating n French Guiana waters by a French Navy patrol and will be destroyed as is normal procedure in the territory, according to Cayenne media.
Friday, February 3rd 2012 - 06:16 UTC
UK warns Argentina on cutting off the air link of Falklands with South America

Britain warned Argentina against cutting off an air link to the Falklands as part of an economic blockade of the Islands, reports the Evening Standard. Buenos Aires is threatening to stop a weekly flight from Punta Arenas in Chile to Port Stanley by refusing permission for it to use Argentine airspace.
Monday, December 26th 2011 - 11:21 UTC
Falklands’ flagged vessels: Spanish fishermen call on Madrid to fight Argentine blackmail

The President of the Spanish Association of Marine Fishing Officers (Aetinape), José Manuel Muniz, has asked the new Spanish government to get involved and act against the pressure placed on Falklands-flagged vessels by the Argentines, according to an article in the Galician newspaper Faro de Vigo, which examined the Spanish reaction to the ban on the entry of Falklands flagged vessels to Mercosur ports.
Saturday, December 17th 2011 - 05:49 UTC
Uruguayan Foreign Minister says Falklands are an “inadmissible colonial enclave”

Uruguay considers that British control over the Falklands or Malvinas Islands constitutes a “colonial enclave”, which is “inadmissible”, and that is why Falklands’ flagged vessels are barred from entering Uruguayan ports, said on Friday Foreign Affairs minister Luis Almagro.
Wednesday, December 14th 2011 - 17:26 UTC
Korea invites China and Japan to help reduce illegal fishing in the Yellow Sea

South Korea will try to reach an agreement with Japan and China to help reduce illegal fishing in its waters following the death of a South Korean Coast Guard this week during a fight with Chinese fishermen who were caught red-handed operating in the Yellow Sea.
Wednesday, December 7th 2011 - 02:10 UTC
UK protests to Argentina the interception of Falklands licensed fishing vessels

The UK has protested to Argentina over its interception of Falkland Islands-licensed fishing boats, mainly Spanish in disputed South Atlantic waters and in the River Plate when they approach the port of Montevideo.
Monday, December 5th 2011 - 20:32 UTC
Spanish government ‘concerned’ with Argentine harassment of fishing vessels in Falklands’ waters

The Spanish government has expressed ‘concern’ about claims from the Vigo-based fleet operating in the south-west Atlantic which has come under continuous harassment from Argentine naval patrols claiming they are fishing ‘illegally’ in ‘Argentine waters’ in spite of having licences awarded by the Falkland Islands government.
Monday, November 28th 2011 - 17:06 UTC
Argentina confirms high seas boarding of Spanish fleet fishing in Falklands

The Argentine government has stepped up its official blockade policy against the Falkland Islands warning Spanish fishing vessels are operating ‘illegally’ in the South Atlantic, since they have not requested licences from the Argentine government, and controls over those activities will continue.