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The company operating two vessels identified last year fishing illegally has been deregistered, its vessels banned from fishing and a fined the equivalent of more than half a million US$.
The first of two new trawlers being built for Icelandic owners at the Huanghai yard at Rongcheng in China has undergone successful sea trials, and the two trawlers are now in dry dock for the final sandblasting and painting before both leave for fishing gear trials.
Chinese fishing company Pingtan Marine Enterprise has expanded its fleet with the acquisition of one reefer and four squid jigging vessels from Fuzhou Honglong Ocean Fishery Co with an investment of approximately RMB 265.3 million (or USD 38.5 million).
The new trawler being built for Icelandic fishing company Vinnslustöðin (VSV) is heading for its first sea trials with fishing gear shipped from Europe for that purpose.
Pingtan Marine Enterprise, based in the People’s Republic of China is deploying four tuna longline vessels to fish in international waters in the Pacific.
Deliveries of Caterpillar 3512 and 3516 marine engines and generator sets are on track to begin at Caterpillar’s established facility in Tianjin in China from February 2017.
Chinese operator Pingtan Marine Enterprise has two brand new squid jigging vessels and these are set to start fishing in the S-W Atlantic and S-E Pacific.
Two new stern trawlers were launched yesterday at the Huanghai shipyard at Rongcheng in China for Icelandic owners.
The decision on whether or not to pursue the evidence accumulated by the crew of a Sea Shepherd vessel who tracked Chinese netters from the southern Indian Ocean to a Chinese port now rests with the Chinese authorities.
Wärtsilä is to design a 115 metre dedicated krill catcher for Chinese company Jiangsu Deep Sea Fisheries Co.