From Stop Illegal Fishing: https://stopillegalfishing.com/news-articles/tanzania-acts-stop-infamous-poaching-vessel-atlantic-wind-returning-fishing-operations/ Zanzibar Maritime Authority has taken action to prevent the notorious ATLANTIC WIND from resuming fishing operations, by removing the vessel from the Tanzanian register of vessels. Whilst operating as the YONGDING the ATLANTIC WIND was arrested in Cape Verde in 2015. The vessel had been the subject of an INTERPOL Purpl
FISH-i Africa, a partnership of eight East African countries, received the Seafood Champion Award for Innovation today at the opening reception of the SeaWeb Seafood Summit in Seattle. The annual Seafood Champion Awards recognize individuals and organizations for excellence in promoting ocean health and environmentally responsible seafood with honours in four categories: innovation, leadership, vision and advocacy. FISH-i Africa earned the top award in the innovation category
The new FISH-i Africa publication Illegal Fishing? Evidence and Analysis was launched on the 15 March, 2017. An event was held at Chatham House in London ahead of the 10th International Illegal Unreported and Unregulated Fishing Forum. Based on the characteristics and evidence of over thirty investigations into fisheries operations, the new FISH-i Africa report sheds light on the scale and complexity of illegal activities in the fisheries sector of the Western Indian Ocean an
In response to FISH-i Africa investigations, Greek authorities are currently investigating a potential fraud related to two vessels reported as scrapped in 2013 under an EU fishing vessel decommissioning scheme. The Greek owner of the trawlers GREKO 1 and 2 received 1.359 million euros from the EU as compensation for scrapping both vessels which was recorded as having taken place at a breaking yard in Perama, Greece. The trawlers were originally built in India and named DEEPT