Tag: illegal fishing

Tuesday, January 26th 2021 - 11:22 UTC
State of the art USCG Stone docks in Montevideo heading for the South Atlantic

One of the US Coast Guard newest vessels docked in Montevideo early Monday looking for supplies and fuel, but given the strict sanitary isolation measures no member of the crew will be disembarking or anybody visiting the vessel.
Monday, January 11th 2021 - 09:26 UTC
US joins the world battle to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing

The United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA, has taken the initiative in the fight against Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated fishing.
Friday, November 6th 2020 - 09:30 UTC
Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru join forces to combat illegal fishing

Four South American countries joined forces this week in a bid to combat illegal fishing by huge Chinese fleets off their coasts. Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru threatened measures “to prevent, discourage and jointly confront” illegal fishing near their exclusive economic zones in the Pacific.
Monday, October 26th 2020 - 09:18 UTC
US Coast Guard will increase presence in the Pacific to contain the threat of China's IUU fishing

US national security adviser said the US Coast Guard (USCG) was basing Enhanced Response Cutters in the western Pacific for maritime security missions, citing illegal fishing and harassment of vessels by China.
Monday, October 12th 2020 - 09:15 UTC
Chile keeping close monitoring of large fleet of Chinese fishing vessels

The Chilean government is keeping close tabs on a large fleet of Chinese fishing vessels that has stirred up controversy further north along the Pacific coast of South America, Foreign Minister Andres Allamand said.
Tuesday, September 29th 2020 - 09:20 UTC
Some 270 Chinese jiggers catching giant squid in Peruvian EEZ; Navy monitoring the fleet

Peru’s Navy was carefully watching a fleet of around 250 Chinese fishing vessels that had sailed just outside the Andean country’s waters, angering the domestic fishing industry and sparking a Twitter war between Washington and Beijing.
Monday, August 24th 2020 - 08:31 UTC
Illegal and unregulated fishing costs Argentina “one to two billion dollars”: Falklands the main culprit

Illegal, unregulated fishing mainly in the waters adjacent to the disputed South Atlantic islands of the Falklands, South Georgia and South Sandwich costs Argentina an estimate of anywhere from one to two billion dollars, according to CEO Eduardo Pucci, from OPRAS, an Organization for the Protection of Fishery Resources.
Monday, August 17th 2020 - 09:54 UTC
Falklands' Conservation Zone management could be undermined by unregulated longlining

A recent study has found that unregulated longline fishing for Patagonian Toothfish immediately outside the 200-mile Falkland Islands Outer Conservation Zone (FOCZ) is likely to be having significant impacts on deepwater seabed vulnerable marine ecosystems compared to the low impacts observed in licensed longline fisheries within Falklands' waters.
Monday, August 10th 2020 - 07:57 UTC
Some 340 Chinese vessels fishing off Galapagos Islands protected waters

Ecuador's navy is conducting surveillance of a massive Chinese fishing fleet that is operating near the protected waters of the Galapagos Islands, amid concerns about the environmental impact of fishing in the area of the ecologically sensitive islands.
Thursday, July 30th 2020 - 09:05 UTC
Ecuador fishery resources threatened by a fleet of 260 Chinese vessels

Ecuador is on alert due to the appearance of a huge fleet of mostly Chinese-flagged fishing vessels off its Galapagos Islands. Patrols are trying to ensure the fleet - which is made up of around 260 vessels - does not enter the delicate eco-system from international waters.