List 5 types of information to record if a suspected IUU vessel is sighted
How to determine if a vessel is fishing – stern trawler example Vessel speed 2-3 knots Minimal Bow wake Stern wake Warps in water Net reel empty
How to determine if a vessel is fishing – shrimp trawler example Vessel speed 2-3 knots Minimal Bow wake Stern wake Warps in water Outriggers extended nts/geology/people/bperry/geology30 3/geol303chapter9.html
Transshipment vessel Also called tramper or reefer Many cranes / derricks
Transhipment vessel Photo: Gilles Hosch ( Large open deck Two large cranes
Pelagic longline vessel Gear deployment window Gear retrieval window Buoys, flags, radar deflectors
Describe vessel Is this vessel fishing? Vessel speed 2-3 knots Minimal Bow wake Stern wake Warps in water Outriggers extended
Longline vessel Bigaro – 27/2/10- monit/iuu-vess-09/bigaro.pdf
©Chris Howell Gear deployment window Gear retrieval window Buoys
Refueling vessel © Tomas Østberg- Jacobsen
Know your flags?
1. Sierra Leone 2. Liberia 3. Cote d’Ivoire 3. Nigeria
5. European Union6. South Korea 8. Spain 7. China
9. Ghana10. Senegal 12. Costa Rica 11. Republic of China (Taiwan)
13. Panama14. Russia 15. Portugal 16. France
17. Equatorial Guinea 19. Republic of Congo 20. Dem.Rep. of Congo 18. Gabon
If you see a questionable vessel, what types of information should you record? Do you need to complete the Vessel Sighting form for every trip?