Tag Archives: South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organization

Pacific Andes factory vessel lands on illegal fishing list – China Fishery Group “disappointed” to be on the list

Pacific Andes’ flagship factory trawler Damanzaihao, formerly known as Lafayette, is on the final list of vessels marked as engaged in illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing drafted by the South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organization’s technical and compliance committee. Also on the list is Avrora, alternatively spelt as Aurora, the Russian-flagged trawler previously known as Pacific Conqueror and with former ties to Pacific Andes. Read the rest here 08:48

Pacific Andes: Lafayette application has been sent for jack mackerel fishery

lafayettePacific Andes’ flagship floating factory vessel Lafayette is not on the list of ships authorized to fish or transship in the South Pacific jack mackerel fishery for 2014, the organization in charge of the fishery, confirmed to Undercurrent News. However, an application has been filed to authorize the vessel, Pacific Andes told Undercurrent. In an article dated Feb. 17, a Pacific Andes spokesman had told the Sydney Morning Herald that Lafayette was headed for the jack mackerel fishery. Read more@undercurrent  06:35