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Thai police want Korean ship sent home for illegal fishing

March 09, 2023

The South Korean vessel “Sunflower 7” will be asked to leave Thailand as soon as possible because it is suspected of using illegal fishing gear and fishing in waters it had no permission to fish in, Deputy National Police Chief General Surachet Hakparn said on Thursday.

Thailand reviews efforts to make fishing industry sustainable

July 25, 2022

Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan insists the government is working hard to make Thailand’s fishing industry – one of the world’s largest – sustainable.

Vietnam ready to cooperate to combat illegal fishing

SATURDAY, JULY 09, 2022

Asked for reaction to the US Government’s wish to cooperate with countries including Việt Nam to fight illegal fishing, the diplomat affirmed that Việt Nam is following the information with “keen interest.”

5 Vietnamese fishermen arrested for illegal fishing off Narathiwat coast

FRIDAY, APRIL 08, 2022

Five Vietnamese fishermen were caught while trying to fish in waters off the coast of Narathiwat province in the South on Friday.

Thailand bans seafood imports from illegal fishing

TUESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2022

The Fisheries and Customs departments on Tuesday joined hands to ban imports tainted by illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (IUU) – a problem threatening Thailand’s US$6-billion (Bt198 billion) seafood export industry.

Police uncover boat-registration scam in crackdown on illegal fishing

FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 2022

Police have uncovered a boat-registration scam in their crackdown on illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing that threatens Thailand’s 12.5-billion-baht export industry.

US, Indonesia sign MOU on joint naval exercises and combating illegal fishing

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2021

JAKARTA - The United States and Indonesia have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on maritime cooperation, including on joint naval exercises and combating illegal fishing, a problem Jakarta has been grappling with due to reports of occasional encroachment of its waters by Chinese and Vietnamese fishing vessels, among others.

Stronger measures needed to combat IUU fishing: Vietnam Deputy PM

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

HÀ NỘI — Deputy Prime Minister Trịnh Đình Dũng urged stronger and more drastic and appropriate measures to early complete all recommendations by the European Commission (EC) so as to remove its yellow card warning over illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing (IUU).

Officials remove illegal fishing traps in shallow waters of Laem Talumpuk Bay

TUESDAY, AUGUST 20, 2019

Some 30 fishing trawlers surrounded officials on August 19 as they tried to remove the illegal “Lob Ai Ngo” fishing traps installed in the shallow waters of Laem Talumpuk Bay in Nakhon Si Thammarat’s Pak Phanang district, Prayut Thanawattana, kamnan of Tambon Laem Talumpuk, said.

‘DJ Poom’ and friends to face police next week

THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 2019

YouTube show host Poomjai “DJ Poom” Tangsanga and six other people have been called to a meeting with a police investigator at the Pak Nam Chumphon Police Station in Chumphon’s Muang district next week.

DJ Poom’s bid to fish for sympathy fails with natural resources chief Warawuth