Ship World's Largest Illegal fishing has Peruvian flag

About Damanzaihao, the ship World's Largest Fishing, waves a Peruvian flag, however, such a display is not proud. This giant of more than 49,000 tons is above all, a pirate ship that has complaints of illegal fishing and even child exploitation.

This colossal ship came to our country by the Sea of ​​Ilo (Moquegua) on April 28, 2014. It was called Lafayette and carried the flag of Mongolia; and before that exhibited the Russian flag.

This change of names and flags is a common practice in vessels engaged in illegal fishing in order to avoid complaints and continue fishing without accountability.

HOW TO GET PERMISSION IN PERU

The story of how the Damanzaihao comes to get permission to take the Peruvian flag involves the Navy of Peru and the Ministry of Production, who are responsible each of fact.

A report by the newspaper La República, says the July 9, 2014, after passing inspection of the Navy, the ship was authorized to carry our banner.

According to the report, officers of the armed forces indicated that the vessel had a permit granted by PRODUCE, one of the prerequisites to authorize the use of the flag.

Is this statement which caused the dispute between the two entities. Produce denied this version and argues that “gave permission for operations such as Factory vessel when it already had the flag”.

Also, the Deputy Minister of Fisheries, Juan Carlos Requejo said the newspaper La República, in July last year when the permit, the Damanzaihao, granted it was not on any list of illegal fishing.

COMPLAINTS AND SANCTIONS

In September 2014 the Regional Fisheries Management Organisation South Pacific (RFMOs-PS) informed Peru that the ship would be committing Jurel unauthorized transfers.

After an investigation by IMARPE which confirmed the lack, the vessel was sanctioned by Produce with 677.69 ITU (S /. About 2.6 million)

Alongside the February 6, 2015 at Lafayette RFMO included in the list of banned Illegal and continue its activities. On February 10 this year Produce revoked the authorization of fishing boat.

Currently the boat is moored in the Sea of ​​Chimbote carrying the Peruvian flag. His six trawlers also exhibit the national flag and also still have the authorization of Fisheries PRODUCE

Another serious complaint against Lafayette was in 2011. Shipyard workers of El Ferrol in Spain reported that one night off the boat saw a dozen children. After starting the investigations into child exploitation in the prosecution of the Iberian country, the ship left the port.

MUST KNOW…

The ship was renamed Lafayette to Damanzaihao, being hired by the Peruvian company substainable Fishing Resource SAC, owned by CFG Investment SAC, the country's largest fishing.

The latter company is a subsidiary company of China FISHERING Group, whose parent company to company Pacific Andean International Holdings, one of the largest suppliers of frozen fish in the world.

Pacific Transnational Andan has subsidiaries in Peru, China, Russia and Japan, among other countries.

SOURCE: Rpp.com.pe