Tag: poaching vessel

• Wednesday, August 16th 2017 - 08:12 UTC

  Major Chinese vessel caught poaching sharks in Galapagos Islands Marine Protected Area

  

  Authorities in Ecuador have detained the crew of a Chinese fishing boat suspected to have caught hundreds of endangered sharks in the Galapagos Islands. The Fu Yuan Yu Leng 999 was found Sunday in the archipelago, which is a marine reserve, carrying 300 tons of fish.

• Tuesday, April 21st 2015 - 07:22 UTC

  Significant blow to toothfish poaching in Antarctica and Patagonian waters

  

  Operation Icefish, Sea Shepherd's first campaign to target Illegal, Unregulated, Unreported (IUU) fishing of toothfish in the waters of Antarctica, and the organization's longest, continuous at-sea campaign to date has concluded with unexpected success.

• Thursday, January 22nd 2015 - 15:47 UTC

  Toothfish poachers caught red-handed in Antarctica waters slip away

  

  Staying hidden behind sea ice and large waves, sailors aboard a navy patrol boat from New Zealand sneaked up on three suspected poaching ships, then took photos and video of the fishermen hauling in prized fish in banned nets from the ocean near Antarctica. Seemingly caught red-handed, the crews of the rusting vessels just kept on fishing.

• Friday, January 9th 2015 - 07:07 UTC

  Sea Shepherd breaks record for world's longest sea chase of a poaching vessel

  

  On Thursday, the Sea Shepherd ship, Bob Barker, marked the 22nd day of its pursuit of the Interpol-listed poaching vessel, Thunder. In doing so, the conservation ship has broken the record for the world's longest sea chase of a poaching vessel.