March 9, 2023
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China has used the South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organization’s consensus-based decision-making mechanism to block the listing of two Zhoushan-based fishing vessels on SPRFMO’s illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing blacklist. At the most-recent SPRFMO meeting from 13 to 17 February, 2023, in Manta, Ecuador, the United States introduced a motion to add the Zhou Yu 929, operated by Zhoushan Putuo Deep-Sea, and the Pu Yuan 755, operated by CNADC Zhoushan Overseas, to the SPRFMO’s Provisional IUU Vessel List.
