Tag: fishing vessels

In view of the summer fishing ban lifting on 16 August, the Bahamas Maritime Authority shared recent guidelines to be issued by the China Maritime Safety Administration on the prevention of collisions between merchant ships and fishing vessels in Chinese coastal waters, including Taiwan Strait, East China Sea or Yellow Sea.

When a collision occurs, even though all seafarers onboard the vessels involved are affected in some way, the seafarers more at risk are those on fishing vessels, which makes it vital for merchant vessels to take care to avoid these collisions to safeguard lives, the Gard P&I Club said. 

Fisheries crime is diverse category of criminality that can include corruption, fraud, human and drugs trafficking as well as piracy.

China MSA released a updated safety guidance for prevention of collision between merchant vessels and fishing vessels in Chinese coastal waters.

The Hong Kong Marine Department (MARDEP) issued an advisory on the new circular issued by Ningbo China MSA on precautions when navigating in fishing areas in Ningbo-Zhoushan port.

The seasonal fishing ban in China comes into force on 1 May 2021. As the number of fishing vessels in Chinese waters is expected to increase in the period leading up to this date, ship operators are advised to take additional precautions.

The Seafood Working Group (SWG) issued a collective critical statement as to the current standing of the industry-led Fairness, Integrity, Safety and Health (FISH) Standard for Crew.

Peru and Croatia have shown their support for the safety of fishing vessels and their crews by depositing their instrument of accession to the 2012 Cape Town Agreement. Overall, 16 countries have become Contracting States to the Agreement.   

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) issued a report focusing on how satellites reveal global extent of forced labor in the world’s fishing fleet.

Five crew members were kidnapped from the fishing vessel MV CAP SAINT GEORGES, in what is recorded to be the 26th kidnapping incident in Gulf of Guinea HRA in 2020. A total number of 130 persons have been kidnapped in the region this year.