The vessel left the port of Mombasa on 25 November and had sailed for about 18 hours when the crew was informed by the vessel's captain that they were actually destined for Somalia.

The regulation of the fisheries sector also covers national fishing vessels.

The commercial fishers comprise about 300 boats, with 50 per cent of the fishers owning their fishing gear and the remainder acting as helpers or employees of the gear owners.

It is estimated that more swordfish is caught by tuna longlines in the Pacific than longlines targeting swordfish and that such bycatch amounts to about 25 percent of the global catch.

Australia welcomes the impetus the Declaration gives to fleshing out the meaning of a genuine link between the flag State and the vessel in the registration of fishing vessels and would welcome greater transparency in fishing vessel ownership across the globe.

The rate of bycatch in the Atlantic longline fleet, for example, was found to be one half of the total catch.

We can also tag and track fishing vessels.

The main sea based sources of marine litter are merchant shipping, ferries and cruise liners, fishing vessels (mainly as a source of abandoned or lost fishing gear), military fleets, research vessels, pleasure craft, offshore oil and gas platforms and aquaculture installations.

The fishing boat that had been missing returned to its port safely.

The lost fishing boat made a safe return to harbour.

Laporan baru yang dikeluarkan oleh kelompok Secure Fisheries yang disebut Securing Somali Fisheries mengungkap data satelit baru yang menunjukkan bahwa kapal kapal asing ilegal kini melakukan penangkapan ikan yang tiga kali lebih banyak dibandingkan kapal kapal dari Somalia. Mereka menargetkan penangkapan beberapa ikan dengan harga tertinggi di perairan kita, sehingga warga Somalia terpaksa bersaing untuk mendapatkan ikan ikan dengan harga nilai lebih rendah.

The men are going fishing in these small boats.

Two kinds of bycatch plague a vessel.

(j) Welcome the adoption of the revised Code of Safety for Fishermen and Fishing Vessels and encourage its effective application, and urge States to become parties to the 1993 Protocol to the Torremolinos International Convention for the Safety of Fishing Vessels.

It was suggested by one delegation that vessel registers and vessel marking standards be used to identify fishing vessels authorized to fish.

During this fishing trip the Somali merchant vessel Soul Sea replenished the Alpha Serengeti with supplies.

On 16 January, the Alpha Serengeti opened fire on two unidentified fishing vessels that apparently had intruded into its fishing zone.

There is also the offshore longline pelagic fishery with only one longline vessel in operation.

He informed the meeting that a revised code of safety for fishermen and fishing vessels had been adopted this year and also suggested that States should be asked to explain why they had not become parties to the Protocol to the Torremolinos International Convention for the Safety of Fishing Vessels.

49. Urges States, individually and through relevant regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements, to establish mandatory vessel monitoring, control and surveillance systems, in particular to require that vessel monitoring systems be carried by all vessels fishing on the high seas as soon as practicable, and in the case of large scale fishing vessels no later than December 2008, and share information on fisheries enforcement matters

Most of the dead and missing were fishermen, and nearly all of their fishing boats and equipment were lost in the tsunami.

Recognizing that the problem of overfishing continues to be exacerbated by inadequate flag State control over fishing vessels, including those fishing for straddling fish stocks and highly migratory fish stocks, and insufficient monitoring, control and surveillance measures,

Recognizing that inadequate flag State control over fishing vessels, including those fishing for straddling fish stocks and highly migratory fish stocks, and insufficient monitoring, control and surveillance measures exacerbate the problem of overfishing,

On 17 18 January 2003, public security personnel and frontier guards from Yantai seized the five defendants and 23 individuals waiting to be smuggled abroad.

(c) Encourage work by competent international organizations to develop guidelines on flag State performance in relation to fishing vessels

Foreign fishing vessels have open access to Somali coastal waters.

In effect, the estimated cost attributed to bycatch includes only the time and equipment it takes to remove unwanted animals from nets, lines and boats.

She turns heads in a small island port among the fishing boats and flotilla holiday yachts, and we are proud to belong to her.

There were also 130 boats missing, 18 transport boats were destroyed and many lobster storage freezers were also lost.

45. Calls upon States to take all necessary measures to ensure that vessels flying their flag do not engage in trans shipment of fish caught by fishing vessels engaged in illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing

A fishing vessel sank in the waters near Hong Kong on the night of the 20th after colliding with a cargo vessel. After nearly a day of search and rescue, seven crew members are still missing.

58. Urges States, individually and through relevant regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements, to establish mandatory vessel monitoring, control and surveillance systems, in particular to require that vessel monitoring systems be carried by all vessels fishing on the high seas as soon as practicable, and in the case of large scale fishing vessels no later than December 2008, and share information on fisheries enforcement matters

Since the mid 1970s oil crisis, the amount of fuel consumed by larger and larger vessels has been rapidly outpacing the growth in the actual catch.

On 30 November the vessel docked at the port of El Ma'an, north of Mogadishu.

Our fisheries regulations mandate the use of global positioning satellite equipment on fishing vessels larger than 30 gross tons and the use of duly authorized on board observers, who collect necessary information for the authorities.

There are hundreds of shrimp boats employed to drag booms instead of nets.

The motor fishing vessel Alpha Serengeti is based at Mombasa, Kenya.

65. Welcomes the support of the Committee on Fisheries for the convening of an expert consultation to further develop the concept of a comprehensive global record of fishing vessels, refrigerated transport vessels, supply vessels and beneficial ownership, as described in the feasibility study prepared by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

GLONASS is used for the navigation of civil aircraft, sea ships and fishing vessels, as well as for some other branches of the economy.

China is one of the developing countries that have the largest number of fishermen and fishing fleets. Our fisheries are of vital importance to food security, social stability and poverty reduction in China.

41. Encourages further work by competent international organizations, including the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and subregional and regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements, to develop guidelines on flag State control of fishing vessels

48. Encourages further work by competent international organizations, including the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and subregional and regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements, to develop guidelines on flag State control of fishing vessels

57. Encourages further work by competent international organizations, including the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and subregional and regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements, to develop guidelines on flag State control of fishing vessels

Using Google Earth you can witness trawlers in China, the North Sea, the Gulf of Mexico shaking the foundation of our life support system, leaving plumes of death in their path.

I know that because I have friends who work on fisheries' research vessels who have sent to me reports from boats out in the ocean.