Southeast Pacific
The transfers to carriers outside the register
China’s own agriculture ministry identified transfers to carriers not registered with SPRFMO and ordered the removal of annual fuel subsidies for four fishing vessels.
Administrative finding2017 events; 13 February 2018 notice · Reviewed September 8, 2026
What the record establishes
The ministry’s notice names Hua Li 18, Hua Li 8, Hong Run 55 and Ning Tai 62 in unauthorized transfers to foreign carriers absent from SPRFMO’s register. It identifies the operating companies and orders withdrawal of their 2017 fuel subsidies, with captain-level action to follow provincial procedures.36
Why it matters
A transfer can be prohibited because the recipient lacks the required regional authorization. That is more specific than calling every meeting between two vessels illegal. It is also different from fraudulent national flag registration.
The sequence
Period covered by this record
Read the cited findings and their stated limits. This is a dated case or context record, not live vessel monitoring.36
Responses and legal posture
The ministry reports investigation and its administrative decision. No separate company response is established in the materials reviewed.
What remains unresolved
The record establishes the ministry’s finding and orders, not the identity of each recipient carrier, implementation of every sanction, or present-day authorizations. A name match with another incident is not enough to merge a hull without identifiers.
Chinese government enforcement is documented; no government direction to commit the transfers is established.
How to read the evidence labels →Sources for this file
China’s ministry notice on distant-water fishing violations and administrative measures ↗
Notice 农办渔〔2018〕12号; PDF pp. 61–63; sections I, VIII and IX
Source limits
English summaries translated from the Chinese notice. Administrative findings and ordered measures are not proof of implementation or current vessel status.
CMM 12-2024: Transhipment, consequential changes 2026 ↗
Authorization and reporting provisions
Source limits
Transfer legality depends on applicable rules and event facts; not all transshipment is prohibited.
