During Wednesday afternoon hours, a research vessel was able to visualize and identify the coasting vessel called Santa Bárbara II, with the flag of Colombia, keeping fishing gear on board and shark fins on deck, while it was in the area. sheltered from the Coiba mountain range 31 miles north of the 5th parallel.
The port of registry of the Colombian vessel is Buenaventura, its license plate is CP-01-2555-B, IMO/ NIC AFA97MO9Z8359, and the Aquatic Resources Authority of Panama (ARAP) has already communicated with the General Maritime Directorate of Colombia (DIMAR), with whom the corresponding coordination and communications are carried out and with all the ports of the countries of the region for due follow-up.
This management is to apply the appropriate sanctions to discourage and eliminate illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, especially in jurisdictional waters of the Republic of Panama.
These actions carried out by ARAP are in line with the policy of zero tolerance for Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing (IUU).
It should be noted that through Resolution ADM/ARAP No. 018 of March 9, 2022, the mandatory transmission of data from VMS vessel location systems on board fishing vessels and related activities of foreign flag to the Control Center and Fisheries Monitoring (CCSP) of the ARAP when they enter waters under the sovereignty and jurisdiction of the Republic of Panama.
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