Tag: illegal fishing

• Saturday, March 9th 2024 - 08:12 UTC

  Argentina allows Chinese fishing fleet into its EEZ to take refuge from a massive storm

  

  The Argentine navy allowed a fleet of 259 Chinese fishing vessels to enter the country's EEZ (Economic Exclusive Zone) to take refuge from a massive storm with seven meters high waves and winds of more than a hundred kilometers per hour. The Ministry of Defense also announced that once the storm was over the Chinese vessels returned to international waters.

• Saturday, November 25th 2023 - 10:21 UTC

  Uruguayan Navy seizes Brazilian boat fishing illegally

  

  Uruguay's Navy has captured a Brazilian-flagged fishing vessel carrying some three tons of illegal catch, it was reported Friday in Montevideo.

• Thursday, September 7th 2023 - 11:14 UTC

  US accuses China of IUU fishing; Beijing hits back, “a complete political manipulation”

  

  Beijing described the US' designation of China for illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing, as “a complete political manipulation”. Last week the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released its 2023 Report to Congress on Improving International Fisheries Management, in which the US designated China as one of the seven nations and entities for IUU fishing.

• Wednesday, May 3rd 2023 - 11:26 UTC

  Chile keeps track of the Chinese jigger fleet crossing from the Atlantic to the Pacific

  

  The Chilean Navy and the country's National Fisheries Service, Sernapesca, reported that they are keeping track of the “devastating” Chinese fleet sailing from the Atlantic to the Pacific oceans and currently sailing north along the Chilean coast line, after ending its squid season.

• Wednesday, May 3rd 2023 - 10:46 UTC

  South Atlantic Fisheries Enforcement with the Falkland Islands Maritime Authority

  

  Without effective enforcement at sea, impunity and associated unlawful activities in the waters around the Falkland Islands threaten not just wider ocean conservation but the responsible management and value of the natural resources.

• Monday, May 1st 2023 - 10:15 UTC

  Fisheries Patrol Vessel Lilibet formally handed over to the Falklands Government

  

  On Wednesday 26 April the brand new Fishery Patrol Vessel, FPV Lilibet was formally handed over to the Falkland Islands Government and will assume her duties on Monday 1 May 2023.

• Monday, February 20th 2023 - 10:36 UTC

  US Coast Guard unit arrives in Uruguay

  

  US Coast Guard Cutter USCGC Stone arrived Sunday in Uruguay as part of her South Atlantic tour to reduce illicit maritime activity and conduct joint exercises with Uruguay's Navy. The vessel's deployment seeks to develop partnerships and increase US interoperability with South American nations to combat illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing.

• Thursday, February 16th 2023 - 20:54 UTC

  Ecuador and Peru fighting a losing battle with China on giant squid fishing in the southeast Pacific

  

  Giant squid, squid or Dosidicus gigas, measures up to 3 meters in length and can reach 50 kilos in weight. It is one of the main species of the southeastern Pacific Ocean and at the same time it is one of the species with the greatest commercial pressure in the world. Thousands of tons are extracted every month, a large part, from the international waters located off the seas of Ecuador, Peru and Chile. The main player behind that voracious appetite is China: it has a declared fleet of 671 ships.

• Monday, January 16th 2023 - 10:30 UTC

  Chilean navy reports some 100 jiggers have crossed from the Pacific to the South Atlantic

  

  Over a hundred jiggers have crossed from the Pacific to the Atlantic through the Magellan Strait reports the Chilean navy responsible for monitoring and safe navigation along the waterway.

• Monday, December 19th 2022 - 10:30 UTC

  Strong reaction from Argentine squid industry against some Patagonia ports willing to service Chinese fleet

  

  A strong reaction from the Argentine squid industry following news published in Buenos Aires media indicated some Patagonian port were considering, and could be prepared to service the Chinese jigger fleet operating in mile 201 of the Argentine EEZ.