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Illegal, Unregulated and Unreported Fishing

Chapter VIII of the NAFO Conservation and Enforcement Measures refer to IUU activities and the establishment of an IUU List.
  • NAFO IUU
  • IUU by other RFMOs
  • Other RFMO IUU Lists
  • Non-NAFO Vessels

The current NAFO IUU List includes the following vessels: 

Vessel Name (+known previous name)

Current Flag State (known prev. Flag State)

Radio Call Sign (RC)

IMO Number

Last Known Location

Alboran II1
(White Enterprise)

Unknown
(Panama,St. Kitts & Nevis)

Unknown

7306570

Gibraltar
(31 March 2009)

Eros Dos1
(Furabolos)

Unknown
(Panama, Seychelles)

Unknown

8604668

St. Eugenia de Ribeira, Spain
(05 March 2009)

Gorilero 1
(Gran Sol)

Unknown
(Sierra Leone, (Panama)

Unknown

6714919

La Coruna, Spain (September 2007)

Iannis I1

Unknown
(Panama)

Unknown

7332218

Indian Ocean (2007)

Labiko1
(Maine)

Unknown
(Guinea Conakry)

3XL2

7325746

NEAFC RA

(29 October 2007)

Murtosa1

Unknown
(Togo)

Unknown

7385174

Aveiro, Portugal
(since 2005)

Trinity1
(Yucutan Basin,
Enxembre, Fonte nova, Jawhara)

Unknown
(Ghana, Panama)

Unknown

7321374

Tema, Ghana
(September 2011)

1Vessel listed pursuant to Article 53.4.d of the NAFO CEM (NEAFC IUU-listed vessel). 

Latest update October 2018.

Vessels listed as IUU by other RFMOs.

Note: the list below of other RFMO’s IUU vessels is for informational purposes only and these vessels are not considered IUU by NAFO unless specifically stated.

Vessel Name

IMO Number

Previous Name(s)

Current Flag (Previous Flag)

IUU-Listing Organization

Listing Date

Alboran II

7306570

White, Enterprise, Enxembre, Atalaya, Reda IV, Atalaya del Sur

Unknown (Panama, St. Kitts & Nevis, Gibraltar)

NEAFC, NAFO, SEAFO

2009

Amorinn

7036345

Lome, Noemi, Iceberg II

Unknown (Belize, Togo)

CCAMLR, SEAFO

2003
Antony 7236634 Urgora, Atlantic Oji Maru No. 33 Unknown (Indonesia, Belize, Panama, Honduras, Venezuela) CCAMLR 2016
Asian Warrior 7322897  Kunlun, Taishan, Chang Bai, Hongshui, Huang He 22, Sima Qian Baru 22, Dorita, Magnus, Thule, Eolo, Red Moon, Black Moon, Ina Maka, Galaxy, Corvus  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (Equatorial Guinea, Indonesia, Unknown, Tanzania, Uruguay, St Vincent & Grenadines, Equatorial Guinea, DPRK, Sierra Leone, Panama, DPRK)  CCAMLR 2003
Atlantic Wind 9042001 Luampa, Yongding, Jiangfeng, Chengdu, Shaanxi Henan 33, Xiong Nu Baru 33, Liberty, Chilbo San 33, Hammer, Carran, Draco-1 Mauritania (Equatorial Guinea, Indonesia, Tanzania, Uruguay, Togo, DPRK, Panama, DPRK) CCAMLR 2004

Baroon

9037537

Lana, Kinsho Maru No. 18, Triton-1, Zeus

Tanzania (Nigeria, Unknown, Japan, Sierra Leone, Togo, Mongolia)

CCAMLR

2007
Cobija 7330399 Cape Flower, Cape Wrath II Bolivia SEAFO 2017

Challenge

6622642

Mila, Isla, Montana Clara, Perseverance

Unknown (Panama, UK, Equatorial Guinea)

CCAMLR

2006

Eros Dos

8604668

Furabolos

Unknown (Panama)

NEAFC, NAFO

2009

Good Hope

7020126

Sea Ranger V, Toto

Nigeria (Belize)

CCAML

2007

Gorilero

6719419

Gran Sol

Unknown (Panama)

NEAFC, NAFO

2007

Heavy Sea

7322926

Sherpa Uno, Keta, Duero

Unknown (Panama, Uruguay, Unknown, Panama)

CCAMLR

2004

Iannis I

7332218

Moana Mar, Canos de Meca

Unknown

NEAFC, NAFO

2007
Jinzhang 6607666 Hai Lung, Yele, Ray, Killy, Tropic, Isla Graciosa, Constant Sierra Leone (Belize, South Africa, Equatorial Guinea, Mongolia) CCAMLR, SEAFO 2006 2012

Koosha 4

7905443

Eguzkia

Iran

CCAMLR

2011
Labiko 7325746 Maine, Guinespa I, Maposa Noveno Guinea Conakry* NEAFC, NAFO 2007

Limpopo

7388267

Ross, Alos, Lena, Cap George, Conbaroya, Tercero

Unknown (Seychelles, Ghana, Togo)

CCAMLR

2003

Murtosa

7385174

  

Unknown (Portugal)

NEAFC, NAFO

2005
Northern Warrior 8808903 Millennium, Sip 3 Unknown (Curacao, Netherlands Antilles, South Africa, Belize, Morocco) CCAMLR 2016

Perlon

5062479

Cherne, Sargo, Hoking, Lugalpesca, Bigaro

Unknown (Uruguay, Togo, Mongolia)

CCAMLR

2003
Pescacisne 1, Pescacisne 2 9319856 Zemour 1, Songhua, Kadei, Yunnan, Nihewan, Huiguan, Wutaishan Anhui 44, Yangzi Hua 44, Paloma V, Jian Yuan, Trosky Mauritania (Equatorial Guinea, Indonesia, Unknown, Tanzania, Uruguay, Namibia, Mongolia) CCAMLR 2008
Sea Urchin 7424891 Aldabra, Omoa 1 Unknown (Tanzania, Honduras, Togo) CCAMLR 2007
STS-50 8514772 Ayda, Sea Breeze, Andrey Dolgov, Std No. 2, Sun Tai No. 2, Shinsei Maru No. 2  Togo (Unknown, Cambodia, Republic of Korea, Philippines, Japan, Namibia)  CCAMLR 2016

Trinity

7321374

Yucutan Basin, Enxembre, Fonte Nova, Jawhara, Ukola Corea

Unknown (Ghana, Panama, Gibraltar)

NEAFC, NAFO

2004
 

 

Links to other RFMOs

NAFO shares information on NCP vessels sightings with other Regional Fishery Management Bodies. The following links are other RFMO lists.

CCAMLR
 https://www.ccamlr.org/en/compliance/non-contracting-party-iuu-vessel-list
GFCM http://www.fao.org/gfcm/data/iuu-vessel-list 
IATTC
 http://www.iattc.org/VesselRegister/IUU.aspx?Lang=en
ICCAT
 http://www.iccat.es/en/IUU.asp
IOTC
 http://www.iotc.org/vessels#iuu
NEAFC
 http://www.neafc.org/mcs/iuu
 NPFC https://www.npfc.int/npfc-iuu-vessel-list 
SEAFO
 http://www.seafo.org/Management/IUU
SIOFA http://www.apsoi.org/node/102 
SPRFMO http://www.sprfmo.int/conservation-measures/iuu-lists/#SPRFMO
WCPFC
 http://www.wcpfc.int/wcpfc-iuu-vessel-list
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