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Ship

Fu Yuan Yu 7883

Ship

Fu Yuan Yu 7883

福远渔7883

Image of Fu Yuan Yu 7883

Ship Details

China Flag
China
IMO
9828766
MMSI
412440556
Call Sign
BVZA7
Gear
Pole & Line
Status
Active
Owner, operator: Fujian Pingtan County Ocean Fishery Group Co Ltd

Crimes & Concerns

  1. Labor & Human Rights
  2. Fishing

The Fu Yuan Yu 7883 is directly associated with labor & human rights issues such as forced labor risk and Global Magnitsky sanctions and fishing concerns such as AIS darkness.

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Labor & Human Rights
The U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control has blocked the Fu Yuan Yu 7883 because of the vessel operator's involvement in the 2017 transshipment of thousands of shark carcasses and because of crew reports of physical violence and forced labor on Pingtan Marine Enterprise vessels. Pingtan Marine Enterprise, a Chinese seafood conglomerate, and it's affiliate companies, Pingtan County Ocean Fishing Group Co Ltd and Fuzhou Honglong Ocean Fishing Co Ltd, were sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury Office in December 2022. The U.S. Treasury Office identified 125 vessels associated with these companies and designated them as blocked property.
AIS Darkness
Since June 2019, the Fu Yuan Yu 7883 has disabled its
AIS
for at least 2,120 hours (88 days). These instances of
AIS
darkness occurred across the Pingtan County Ocean, Fishing Group Co Ltd and Fuzhou Honglong Ocean, Southern Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean, Southern Atlantic Ocean, Arabian Sea, and Argentine Sea. This matters because so-called “AIS darkness” is a likely indicator of criminal activity at sea, including illegal fishing, smuggling, and sanctions evasion.