2015年3月29日 · The Viking is one of the six remaining illegal, unregulated, unreported (IUU) fishing vessels – which Sea Shepherd calls the “Bandit 6” - that are known to target vulnerable toothfish in the waters surrounding Antarctica, and is the second vessel of the six that has been detained by authorities this month.

Sighted 21 March 2014 in the Malacca Straits, with the name VIKING and homeport Lagos (Nigeria) painted on the hull. The vessel was detained by Malaysia in March 2015 and was charged and fined for offences under the Malaysian Fisheries Act.

2022年10月1日 · In addition, FV Viking was considered to have carried out IUU fishing in Indonesian waters, because it does not have a fishing license and uses illegal fishing gear (The Coalition of Legal Toothfish Operators (COLTO), 2015). On February 26, 2016, this ship was captured by the Indonesian Navy in Tanjung Berakit, Riau Archipelago Province, Indonesia.

There are several IUU Vessel suspected of unloading catch, re-supplying and/or re-fueling in the region, as listed below. You can contribute to promote responsible fishing practice by informing us any illegal and suspicious fishing activities you see!

IUU Fishing: regulation on the number of ships and fishing quota; fine for IUU fishing activities: up to 1 billion VND (approximate 45.000 USD). Official Telegram 732/CD-TTg dated 28/5/2017 to prevent IUU fishing operations by Vietnamese fishing boats and fishers in foreign waters.

2016年3月2日 · The Australian Government has welcomed news that the last active Southern Ocean illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing vessel, the ‘Viking’, has been detained by the Indonesian Navy.

2016年3月16日 · Just like its namesake from centuries ago, the illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) vessel, the Viking, has been ‘buried at sea’ by the Indonesian Ministry for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries earlier this week.

2016年3月16日 · The FV Viking was handed over to the IUU fishing taskforce at the Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Ministry to be destroyed. The ship’s 11 crew members — five from Argentina, Peru and Myanmar, plus six Indonesians — are awaiting charges of violating the Law on Shipping and the Law on Fisheries.

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2021年10月13日 · The Benjina case and the FV Viking case shows that IUU fishing perpetrators committed organised crime and involved many countries, so that it is necessary to develop an innovative legal framework at domestic and international level.