{"id":76215,"date":"2021-10-04T22:30:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-05T06:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/news\/coast-guard-partner-nations-id-numerous-fisheries-violations\/"},"modified":"2021-10-04T22:30:00","modified_gmt":"2021-10-05T06:30:00","slug":"coast-guard-partner-nations-id-numerous-fisheries-violations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/news\/coast-guard-partner-nations-id-numerous-fisheries-violations\/","title":{"rendered":"Coast Guard, partner nations ID numerous fisheries violations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t\t<p>An international law enforcement task force operating off the Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf have boarded 15 vessels, identifying 32 potential violations of international fishery regulations.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p>Included in those vessels in violation of regulations were three ships operating in concert with more than 450 shark fins aboard, according to the Coast Guard.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p>&ldquo;These boardings are in support of a multinational coordinated effort to stop illegal fishing in international waters,&rdquo; said the commander of Coast Guard District 17, Rear Adm. Nathan Moore, in a news release. &ldquo;Failing to comply with authorized boardings unnecessarily escalates the situation at sea. I look forward to seeing how the responsible flag states uphold the agreed upon governance structure and hold their vessels accountable for these serious violations.&rdquo;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p>Other vessels in the fleet refused access to the boarding, which also constitutes a violation under the regulations of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission and North Pacific Fisheries Commission, which govern the areas the vessels were operating in.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-attachment in-story\"><a href='https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/26730263_web1_Fisheries-JUE-211006-USCG_2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"952\" height=\"714\" src=\"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/26730263_web1_Fisheries-JUE-211006-USCG_2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"A U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf boarding team member holds a shark fin while aboard a foreign vessel, Sept. 23, 2021. (Courtesy photo \/ U.S. Coast Guard)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/26730263_web1_Fisheries-JUE-211006-USCG_2.jpg 952w, https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/26730263_web1_Fisheries-JUE-211006-USCG_2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/26730263_web1_Fisheries-JUE-211006-USCG_2-640x480.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1199px) 98vw, 952px\" \/><\/a><p class=\"p-exclude\">A U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf boarding team member holds a shark fin while aboard a foreign vessel, Sept. 23, 2021. (Courtesy photo \/ U.S. Coast Guard)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<p>Fisheries enforcement officers came from the Coast Guard, Canada and the Republic of Korea, according to the news release. Violations of international fisheries law are referred to the vessel&rsquo;s flag state for investigation and censure, as necessary, according to the news release.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p>Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing poses a major threat to global maritime security, according to the news release, and requires a strong response to confront &ldquo;predatory and irresponsible actions in international fisheries.&rdquo;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p>The violations were identified as part of Operation North Pacific Guard, an annual counter-IUU fishing operation.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p><em>&#8226; Contact reporter Michael S. Lockett at 757-621-1197 or mlockett@juneauempire.com.<\/em><\/p>\n\t\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ships found operating in concert with more than 450 shark fins aboard, according to Coast Guard. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":534,"featured_media":76216,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_stopmodifiedupdate":false,"_modified_date":"","wds_primary_category":9,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,4],"tags":[654,142],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-76215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-home","category-news","tag-fisheries-law","tag-u-s-coast-guard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/534"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76215"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76215\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76215"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=76215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}