World’s Largest Fish Factory Vessel Arrested and Seized in Peru Pending Criminal Charges
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [SeafoodNews] - June 1, 2019
Chimbote, Peru - Agents from the Peruvian Environmental Prosecutor’s Office boarded world's largest factory ship Damanzaihao last night as part of a federal criminal investigation based on alleged acts of illegal fishing.
Peru’s EPO has ordered the vessel detained pending further investigation.
According to a news release from Sea Shepherd, an international conservation organization, the new criminal case is predicated on the same acts of illegal fishing that led to the imposition of a multi-million dollar administrative fine in 2016 ...
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