Tag: Taiwanese jigger

• Saturday, March 9th 2019 - 08:28 UTC

  Falklands' licensed Taiwanese jigger crew member missing

  

  The Falkland Islands Fisheries and Marine Protection, FISHOPS reports that on Friday at 4:00 AM in the morning, the duty officer received a call indicating a man from a Falklands' licensed Taiwanese jigger went overboard.

• Monday, February 18th 2019 - 09:45 UTC

  Seventeen Filipino crew members rescued from a jigger on fire in Falklands' waters arrived in Montevideo

  

  Seventeen Filipino crew members have arrived safe and sound to Montevideo, following the 11 February fire and loss of their Taiwanese flagged jigger in Falkland Islands waters last week. “Jun Rong” had a total crew of 69, and 64 were rescued and taken to the capital of Uruguay where they underwent medical attention, and are waiting to fly back to their homes.

• Thursday, February 14th 2019 - 08:30 UTC

  Crew of Taiwanese jigger that caught fire in Falklands' waters en route to Montevideo

  

  The Falkland Islands government confirmed on Wednesday that the Taiwanese jigger Jung Ron which caught fire approximately 60 nautical miles north of Stanley, is now drifting to a position 110 nautical miles NE of Stanley and continues to head away from the Falkland Islands coastline.

• Tuesday, February 12th 2019 - 12:05 UTC

  Taiwanese jigger on fire in Falklands' waters: 64 crew members evacuated

  

  The Falkland Islands Government has confirmed that a Taiwanese jigger by the name of Jung Ron has caught fire approximately 60 nautical miles north of Stanley.

• Tuesday, March 6th 2018 - 09:10 UTC

  Drifting jigger towed outside the Falklands' Conservation zone

  

  The Taiwanese jigger Hung Shun 1 which on 24 February caught fire to the north of the Falkland Islands capital Stanley, last Sunday was towed outside the Islands Conservation zone. When the incident took place last month all 58 crew members were swiftly and safely evacuated to another fishing vessel Lung Soon Fa 1, which was in the area at that time.

• Friday, February 20th 2015 - 22:50 UTC

  Falklands' reports on two Taiwanese jiggers man-overboard incidents

  

  The Falkland Islands government has informed that there have been two separate man-overboard incidents reported this week concerning a total of nine crewmen from two Taiwanese fishing vessels.

• Wednesday, May 7th 2014 - 06:42 UTC

  Falklands and the 'darker side' of fishing: crewmen trying to 'jump ship'

  

  Fishing vessels licensed in the Falkland Islands all undergo safety inspections, Director of Natural Resources John Barton confirmed this week, when talking to Penguin News about standards applied to fishing vessels and the working conditions of the crew. He also assured that if a fisherman reports mistreatment an investigation will follow.

• Tuesday, February 18th 2014 - 05:53 UTC

  Falklands: three crewmembers from a Taiwanese jigger have gone missing

  

  Three crewmen from a Taiwanese jigger operating in Falkland Islands who were reported missing over the weekend have not been located. The first news of the incident was received in the early hours of Saturday February 15, when the Department of Fisheries Operations Sections notified the Royal Falkland Islands Police (RFIP).