Tag: Playa Pesmar Uno fishing vessel

• Thursday, March 1st 2018 - 11:58 UTC

  Spanish trawler caught illegally fishing in South Atlantic fined in Argentina and Spain

  

  Argentina's Fisheries Secretariat imposed a 400.000 Euros fine, (the highest possible) and the seizure of the cargo, some 550.000 Euros, to Galicia's Pesquerias Marinenses following the arrest of trawler Playa Pesmar Uno which was caught operating in Argentina's EEZ, in early February.

• Thursday, February 8th 2018 - 07:54 UTC

  Arrested Spanish trawler could have sailed into Argentine EEZ because of a mal functioning GPS

  

  The Galician company which owns the “Playa Pesmar Uno” arrested last Sunday by the Argentine Coast Guard allegedly for illegal fishing in the South Atlantic, admits the trawler could have involuntarily sailed into the EEZ, because one of the three GPS on board was malfunctioning.