In what could be considered a double positive twist in the prolonged controversy over a proposed purse seine tuna fishing and aquaculture venture by two Grand Bahamians, sources have revealed that opponents to that venture can celebrate a victory.
Informed sources close to the situation have revealed to BahamaIslandsInfo.com that the purse seine net itself has been offloaded from the Pelagic I commercial fishing vessel and repacked in a storage container. Read the rest of this entry »
The Russian crew of the Thai Union 3 fishing vessel, who were in Somali pirates’ captivity for over four months, returned early on Monday to the city of Kaliningrad happy but meager, a RIA Novosti correspondent reported. Read the rest of this entry »
Fishing guards at ‘Txori Argi’ fired several warning shots to deter the boarding of two boats that approached
This time they did not succeeded, and his fate was to flee. Thus ended the Somali pirates who tried to attack yesterday Basque tuna seiner Txori Argi in Indian Ocean waters as the vessel managed to repel the aggression due to the security that was carrying, according to the owner. Read the rest of this entry »
French fishermen rescues six Somali pirates from the sea, just minutes after the gang had attempted to board their vessel, it was revealed yesterday.
The crew of the Talenduic, a French tuna boat, were targeted by the pirates as they fished waters around 400 miles south of the Somali coast on March 8. Read the rest of this entry »
During the month of February arrived in Mazatlan, two foreign tuna seiners to unload their catch to the company Pescados Industrializados S.A.
The “Daniela F” Belize-flagged vessel with a carrying capacity of 2500 tonnes discharge approximately 1,700 tonnes of tuna and Vicente F “under flag of Nicaragua discharge around 1200 tonnes.
The tuna fishing vessel belonging to Asia’s biggest canned tuna exporter, Thai Union Frozen Products, was seized on October 29, 2009 with 23 Russians, two Filipinos and two Ghanaians on board.
“We have released the ship after we received $3 million in ransom,” a pirate named Hassan told Reuters. “The ship is named Thai Union, its crew have safely moved from the Somali coast.” Read the rest of this entry »
