Peru / Panama / China; cross-ocean ownership history
Damanzaihao: support services, changing owners and a later delisting
A processing mother ship linked historically to the Pacific Andes group became an IUU-list and port-access case. Its subsequent sale and removal from the list are essential parts of the history.
Historical IUU listing; delisted in 20202015 listing; 2018 transfer and port calls; 2020 delisting · Reviewed September 8, 2026
What the record establishes
In 2015, the Damanzaihao listing concerned unauthorized presence and support for fishing vessels, not simply catching fish. A Pacific Andes spokesman argued that the vessel supplied authorized trawlers and that listing was disproportionate. A later U.S. bankruptcy decision identifies Damanzaihao among SFR’s assets in the group’s financial proceedings.6867
SPRFMO’s 2019 compliance report examined services and access received by the renamed Vladivostok 2000 while it remained listed. The report includes China’s acknowledgment that the vessel entered Dalian and its undertaking to inspect it. The case demonstrates that port and support obligations can extend beyond the state where fish were caught.63
The 2020 committee record describes additional ownership information and Russian assurances that the new owners were not connected to the previous owners and that no SPRFMO fishing permit was intended. The Commission then removed Vladivostok 2000 from the IUU list. This was an adopted decision, not merely an owner’s request.6465
Why it matters
A factory or mother ship can enable a fleet even if it does not itself deploy fishing gear. Accountability requires separating the vessel’s operating role, the company in control at the time and later owners. The same discipline prevents a historical blacklist entry from following a vessel forever as if no subsequent decision existed.
The sequence
Support role subject to IUU listing
The company disputes the proportionality of the listing.68
Sale announced
The broker records a sale of the processing mother vessel; later RFMO proceedings review the ownership change.6664
Port services assessed
SPRFMO examines access and services while the vessel is still listed.63
Removed from the list
The Commission adopts the delisting recommendation.65
Responses and legal posture
Pacific Andes disputed the proportionality of the original listing and emphasized the ship’s support role. Later ownership submissions were accepted through the RFMO process, resulting in delisting in 2020. Both the original conduct and later outcome are retained.686465
What remains unresolved
This file does not treat the ship as currently IUU-listed or continuously Chinese-controlled. It does not resolve every Peruvian financial or environmental proceeding, or the vessel’s later Russian ownership disputes. Transfer of ownership and flag is documented as history, not automatically described as fraudulent.
The historical China-linked corporate group and subsequent Dalian port-access issue are distinct. The record does not establish that every later owner acted for the Chinese state; flag administrations’ responsibilities are assessed separately.
How to read the evidence labels →Sources for this file
Pacific Andes vessel placed on IUU fishing list ↗
2015 listing and Geoffrey Walsh’s response
Source limits
Contemporaneous report and party response; superseded as to current listing by the 2020 delisting.
China Fishery-related Chapter 11 decision, document 23 ↗
Corporate background and SFR / Damanzaihao asset discussion
Source limits
Financial proceeding, not an illegal-fishing judgment. Historical group structure must not be carried forward after a sale.
2019 Final Compliance Report: Damanzaihao / Vladivostok 2000 ↗
Table 4: port access, services and responses from China, Panama and Cook Islands
Source limits
Historical compliance findings; vessel was subsequently removed from the IUU list. Does not show that later owners committed earlier conduct.
CTC7 report: removal request for Vladivostok 2000 ↗
Paragraphs 134–139, ownership change and Russian assurances
Source limits
Summarizes evidence and flag-state representations; recommendation must be read with the final Commission decision.
8th Commission meeting report: IUU-list decisions ↗
Paragraphs 66–67: removal of Vladivostok 2000
Source limits
2020 delisting is established; not a current registry or a ruling erasing earlier conduct.
Triple sale by Atlantic Shipping ↗
April 2018 sale announcement for processing mother vessel Damanzaihao
Source limits
Commercial party statement; a sale by itself neither establishes wrongdoing nor resolves liability.
