A third large fishing vessel under construction at Nodosa is the 79-metre factory vessel Voyager, for New Zealand fishing company Talley’s.

Panamanian authorities seized six longliner vessels on Jan. 20 for fishing illegally in protected ... in the Cordillera de Coiba MPA in one large-scale image taken on Jan. 17.

At night, many of these fishing vessels turn on bright lights to lure squid to the surface, where they are harvested using a large net. The lights are so strong that they can be seen from space.

The fleet consists of some 300 ships that frequent the Pacific Ocean, often around Peruvian waters, Minister Allamand said. The Chilean government is keeping close tabs on a large fleet of Chinese ...