Tag: , Vidal Armadores S.A.

• Tuesday, January 31st 2017 - 11:19 UTC

  Spanish Supreme Court ruling on IUU toothfish operations rattles legal industry

  

  According to reports in the Spanish press, the case against Vidal Armadores, the beneficial owners of a fleet of vessels operating at various times fishing for toothfish in the Southern Ocean collapsed on a point of law.

• Tuesday, February 3rd 2015 - 06:59 UTC

  Toothfish poachers in Australian waters try to ram Sea Shepherd's “Sam Simon”

  

  Two illegal fishing boats that evaded the New Zealand navy are now in Australian waters, but it's unclear whether local authorities will intervene. Conservation group Sea Shepherd on Monday said one of their ships patrolling the area, the Sam Simon, intercepted the Yongding and the Kunlun at 11.30am AEDT with prohibited fishing gear on its deck.

• Wednesday, January 14th 2015 - 07:19 UTC

  New Zealand navy detects three toothfish poachers red-handed in the Ross Sea

  

  The New Zealand navy has discovered a third boat fishing illegally. The Foreign Ministry informed that the HMNZS Wellington caught another vessel, “Yongding”, to the west of the Ross Sea, in Antarctic waters.