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Ship

Shuenn Man 23

Ship

Shuenn Man 23

順滿 23

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Ship Details

Taiwan Flag
Taiwan
IMO
9925863
MMSI
416006763
Call Sign
BL2161
Gear
Squid Jigger
Status
Active
Operator: Wenfeng YehOwner: Light Rising Fishery Co Ltd

Crimes & Concerns

  1. Labor & Human Rights
  2. Fishing

The Shuenn Man 23 is directly associated with labor & human rights issues such as forced labor and worker death and fishing concerns such as unauthorized transshipment and AIS darkness.

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Summary of crew member deaths and potential beriberi cases
The Shuenn Man 23 is associated with at least one crew member death.
Fishing
The Shuenn Man No. 23 repeatedly turned off its transponder while fishing between 2020 and 2024, including once for more than two weeks, in violation of
IMO
regulations and Taiwanese law.
The Shuenn Man No. 23 transshipped at least four times while at sea between 2020 and 2025, according to Skylight, a vessel tracking firm. Transshipment enables fishing ships to keep workers at sea for perilously long periods, allows scofflaw vessels to avoid oversight, and makes it difficult for companies to know where their seafood was caught.
Labor & Human Rights
In a video recorded by crew on board the Shuenn Man 23 and posted on December 12, 2021, crew members were bundled up into a net and ziplined to the Shuenn Man 626 while the ships sat next to each other in the middle of the ocean. Part of the reason fishing workers are sometimes captive on ships is that it is difficult to transfer them back to shore or between vessels.
On January 10, 2023, an Indonesian crew member named Syaefullah fell overboard from the ship over a hundred miles southeast of Penang Port in Malaysia, according to Taiwan’s Fisheries Agency and Selangor Journal. With help from Malaysian authorities, the ship searched the waters near the crew member for 72 hours but could not find his body.
AIS Darkness
The Shuenn Man 23 has disabled its
AIS
for at least 72 hours (3 days). This matters because so-called “AIS darkness” is a likely indicator of criminal activity at sea, including illegal fishing, smuggling, and sanctions evasion.