Fu Yuan Yu 7620
福远渔7620
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- MMSI412440769
- IMO9914577
- Call SignBZW9S
- Subsidy RecipientNo
- Is ActiveYes
- State Owned OperatorNo
Operator: Fujian Pingtan County Ocean Fishery Group (福建省平潭县远洋渔业集团有限公司)
Crimes or Concerns
- Forced labor risk
- Illegal fishing (unauthorized)
- U.S. government sanctions
Notes
- A potential incursion by the Fu Yuan Yu 7620 in the ArgentineEEZwas detected by Argentine Navy in 2020-2021.
- The Fu Yuan Yu 7620 entered the port of Chimbote with at least 4 crew members exhibiting symptoms of illness.
- The U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control has blocked the Fu Yuan Yu 7620 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.