PHUKET: Officials have charged the Peruvian captain of an illegal, unreported, unregulated (IUU) fishing vessel for falsely reporting the cargo of his ship as he attempted to offload 182 tonnes of Antarctic toothfish illegally caught in the Southern Ocean. The ship, which recently had its name changed from Kunlun to Taishan, had already fled from the navies of New Zealand …
25th March 2015: Rogue ship a good catch
The detention of an infamous illegal toothfish fishing vessel off Phuket, the Kunlun, deserves special notice and praise. Authorities apprehended the ugly-looking ship after it was chased by various nations for years. To continue reading article, see Rogue Ship a Good Catch, courtesy of Bangkok Post.
16th March 2015: Spain tackles IUU fishing
The Spanish government is launching an investigation into several companies for alleged links to illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing under its new fisheries law. This is the first time that Spain has enforced its new fisheries law, which came into effect earlier this year and allows Spanish authorities to sanction nationals guilty of involvement in IUU fishing. The law …
17th March 2015: Thailand detains illegal fishing vessel, Kunlun
Thai officials in Phuket have detained the Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) listed fishing vessel Kunlun for investigation. The Minister for Immigration and Border Protection Peter Dutton and the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Agriculture Senator Richard Colbeck both welcomed the decision by Thai officials and said Australia fully supports the on-going investigation. The Kunlun was intercepted by the …
13th March 2015: Spanish Ministry storms Vidal Shipowners offices on suspect of pirate links
Shipowners Vidal, the Galician company, questioned on Wednesday for hours in Ribeira (A Coruña) as part of Operation Sparrow, who investigates companies based in A Coruña on suspicion of links with vessels included in the list of illegal fishing in the Convention for the Conservation of Marine Living Resources in the Antarctic (CCAMLR), and was sentenced in recent years up to 7 …
11th March 2015: Scientists return from successful Antarctic research voyage
NIWA deepwater research vessel Tangaroa docks in Wellington today to complete a successful six-week New Zealand-Australia Antarctic Ecosystems voyage. “It is good to be home safe and sound” said Voyage Leader Dr Richard O’Driscoll, “Antarctica is a tough environment and we’ve had to work around some difficult ice conditions during the voyage.” Beyond the imperative of returning safely, Dr O’Driscoll …
10th March 2015: Safeway Canada shuns sustainable toothfish
The Coalition of Legal Toothfish Operators, COLTO, today responded to the many inaccuracies in a recent article, ‘NZ toothfish exports face boycott in North America‘. The article by Michael Field, highlights a four year old decision by Safeway Canada to not sell Antarctic toothfish (aka Chilean seabass) if it came from the Ross Sea, based on support for a Marine …
5th March 2015: Austral CEO congratulates Australian Government for boarding IUU vessel
David Carter, CEO of Austral Fisheries, today extended his congratulations to the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service for their boarding of the IUU vessel, Kunlun, last Friday. This action, continues from the recent positive efforts of Sea Shepherd’s Operation Icefish, where they have stopped the IUU vessel, Thunder, from illegally fishing since mid-December, as well as the Royal New …
3rd March 2015: Strange creatures of the Antarctic waters
Antarctic trawl nets deep data from NIWA on Vimeo. Researchers on board the Niwa research ship Tangaroa are pulling an array of strange creatures out of icy Antarctic waters as they investigate the health of the foodweb supporting the prized commercial species toothfish. The scientists have been trawling the central Ross Sea about 72 degrees south in an area where …
27th February 2015: Australian Customs board IUU vessel, Kunlun
The Australian Government has reinforced its commitment to protecting resources in the Southern Ocean with the interception and boarding of a fishing vessel believed to have been operating under a false flag and in defiance of international conventions. Officers from the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service (ACBPS) boarded and searched the internationally listed illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing …
2nd Feb 2015: 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 near Antarctica, 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. It alleged …
16th January 2015: INTERPOL issue Purple Notice for 3 IUU vessels
At the request of New Zealand, INTERPOL Purple Notices have been issued to seek information on the individuals and networks behind three vessels fishing illegally in the Southern Ocean. The Purple Notices, which are used to seek or provide information on modi operandi, objects, devices and concealment methods used by criminals, have been circulated to all 190 INTERPOL member countries. …
13th Jan 2015: NZ Navy finds 3rd IUU toothfish vessel. COLTO Member urges arrest.
The New Zealand navy has discovered a third fishing vessel it says is operating illegally in the Southern Ocean. This is the 4th vessel that has recently been discovered IUU fishing for toothfish. The offshore patrol vessel, HMNZS Wellington, last week intercepted two foreign fishing boats in the area, and Sea Shepherd located the Thunder and has been following them …
12th Jan 2015: NZ navy intercepts toothfish poachers
A New Zealand navy ship busted two boats illegally fishing for valuable toothfish in the Southern Ocean over the weekend. The HMNZS Wellington intercepted the poachers, claiming to be flagged to Equatorial Guinea but previously linked to Spain, while patrolling the isolated waters. Fishing in the area is banned by an international convention to conserve Antarctic marine life. The first boat was sighted last Tuesday and …
5th January 2015: Antarctic Toothfish, lost – and found
Scientists from the University of Canterbury, the National Institute for Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA), and the University of Illinois are working together at Scott Base to investigate the disappearance of large Antarctic toothfish from McMurdo Sound, Antarctica. The project, led by Canterbury’s Dr Regina Eisert, is examining the impact of fisheries and climate change on top predators in the …
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