Second incursion into Argentina’s EEZ
For the second time this year, the Argentinian Coast Guard has detected the presence of a foreign trawler straying into the country’s EEZ. Spanish trawler Playa Da Cativa was monitored…
Drones boost fight against illegal fishing
Supporting action against illegal fishing by foreign vessels, Australian Border Force (ABF) has deployed Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) to Operation LEEDSTRUM in the Kimberley Marine Park (KMP) in Western…
Tougher penalties for poachers
An Australian court has handed down increasingly tough penalties to the crews of Indonesian fishing vessels intercepted in Australian waters. Both vessels were destroyed at sea and the crews faced…
Fines and ban for illegal halibut fishing
A Nova Scotia court has handed out fines totalling $76,000 to a fisherman, plus area bans and mandatory VMS monitoring of the vessel in question. In September 2022, Grant Cameron…
Poachers guilty, repeat offender jailed
Nine Indonesian nationals have pleaded guilty to illegally fishing in Australian waters in two separate cases at Darwin Local Court, following an incident in August when Australian authorities identified, intercepted…
Sea cucumber poacher gets jail time
When police in New Zealand stopped Jason Nix’s car on an unrelated matter, they found more than twenty times the daily catch of sea cucumber in it – and called…
A year in jail for South Carolina fisherman
Following a successful NOAA investigation, Don Rynn was sentenced to more than a year in jail and thousands of dollars in fines for violations related to commercial fishing, including lying…
Seized poaching nets repurposed for defence
The Ukrainian State Fisheries Agency has delivered 8500 metres of fishing nets seized from poachers to the Armed Forces of Ukraine for use by the country’s military. This is part…
Prison term for NZ fish trader
A sixteen-month prison term has been handed to the former director of a New Zealand fishing company who was aware that fish were being caught and landed illegally for profit.…
Prison and fishing ban for trafficking diseased crab
A Kodiak fisherman has been given prison time and a ban on involvement in commercial fishing to run for two years of supervised release following his one-year prison term for…
