Owner identified by court
This is the owner label used in the court record, not a fresh corporate-registry determination.02
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Fleet association
Vessel-level conduct and company-level sanctions remain distinct.03
Read the case behind the link →Reported operator
Current operator and original registration records still need verification.15
Read the case behind the link →Owner / co-defendant
Both the company and individual entered guilty pleas; later sentencing is recorded.0635
Read the case behind the link →Carrier services relationship
A service relationship is not a finding of knowing assistance or illegality.05
Read the case behind the link →Vessel collateral / loan guarantees
Pingtan disclosed collateral supporting Hong Long’s borrowing. The disclosure does not establish lender complicity.37
Read the case behind the link →Operator named by ministry
The ministry separately left the relationship with Ming Xiang 899 open for further investigation.36
Read the case behind the link →Reported operator
Operator attribution comes from the investigation; not a current registry certification.43
Read the case behind the link →Company identified in payment record
A company-level payment record; this does not establish current beneficial ownership.40
Read the case behind the link →Company identified in prosecution
A prosecution-stage connection, not a finding that the company was convicted.47
Read the case behind the link →Captain named by prosecutors
Requested penalties are not a final judgment.47
Read the case behind the link →Operator / company association
Domestic Argentine operation; flag and ultimate control are separate questions.4950
Read the case behind the link →Owner identified in reporting
Chinese birthplace is not evidence of state direction or a separate offense.5073
Read the case behind the link →Historical operating relationship
The vessel was sold in 2018 and removed from the SPRFMO IUU list in 2020.6866
Read the case behind the link →Historical group connection
This is a dated corporate link, not a current ownership assertion or a fraud conviction.67
Read the case behind the link →Company officer and defendant
The U.S. processor’s conduct is not attributed to every overseas supplier.697071
Read the case behind the link →Some links are deliberately not drawn.
Disputed ownership is identified as disputed in the relevant file. A company that supplied a service or financing is not automatically responsible for another actor’s conduct.
Read the disputed-attribution file →Selected profiles
Vessels, companies and people.
51 selected profiles connected to the case collection. The role and the evidence differ from one record to another. Inclusion is not a finding of wrongdoing.
Fu Yuan Yu Leng 999
Refrigerated carrier in the Ecuador wildlife-transport proceedings
Hong Long (name in Ecuador judgment)
Owner named in the judicial record
Hua Li 8
Vessel in Argentina–Indonesia enforcement account
Dalian Ocean Fishing Company Limited
Sanctioned fleet company; historical WRO subject
Li Zhenyu
Individual designated in connection with Dalian Ocean Fishing
Long Xing 629
Tuna/longline vessel in labor-abuse reporting and government findings
Pingtan Marine Enterprise Ltd.
Designated company with SEC-filed compliance response
Fuzhou Honglong Ocean Fishing Co. Ltd.
Designated fishing company in Treasury’s network account
Xinrong Zhuo
Individual designated in the Pingtan/Honglong network
Zhoushan Ningtai Ocean Fishery
Fishing operator in carrier/support research
Wei Fong Shipping
Carrier company in support-network research
Wei Yu 18
Vessel in reported labor and death incidents
Weihai Huanhai Aquatic
Operator associated with Wei Yu 18 by investigative record
Shandong Meijia Group
Seafood processing company listed in 2024 UFLPA action
Kaven Company
Company that entered a marine-wildlife smuggling guilty plea
Kam Wing Chan
Kaven owner who entered a guilty plea
Kway Fey 10078
Fishing vessel in Natuna confrontation
Winson Group
Party disputing attributed ownership/control in carrier investigation
Ocean Splendid
Carrier in disputed-attribution research
Angel No. 2
Carrier in disputed-attribution research
Jing Yuan 626
Vessel named in an Argentine international capture-order announcement
Hua Li 18
Vessel named in the ministry’s unauthorized-transfer notice
Hong Run 55
Vessel named in the ministry’s unauthorized-transfer notice
Ning Tai 62
Vessel named in the ministry’s unauthorized-transfer notice
Hai Zhi Xing 801
Vessel subject to an unauthorized AIS-change finding
Ming Xiang 899
Vessel sharing the AIS number in the ministry notice
Zhoushan Mingxiang Ocean Fishery
Company named for Hai Zhi Xing 801
Pingtan Fishing
Operating company in the related-party financing disclosure
China Minsheng Bank
Lender named in a historical company financing disclosure
Zhen Fa 7
Fishing vessel investigated for crew abuses and subject to the May 2025 U.S. seafood WRO.
Rongcheng Wangdao Ocean Aquatic Products
Operator identified by The Outlaw Ocean Project; denies the reported abuses.
Hong Pu 16
Chinese-flagged squid vessel captured in Argentina in May 2020.
Lu Rong Yuan Yu 668
Vessel returned to Puerto Madryn following April 2020 detection.
Rongcheng City Rongyuan Fishery Co. Ltd.
Company named in the Argentine government’s payment account.
Run Da 608
Chinese vessel involved in a 2018 Peruvian squid seizure and later prosecution.
Zhuang Hanbo
Captain named in the 2020 prosecution announcement; final judgment not verified.
Zhoushan Zhongju Ocean Fisheries
Company named in the prosecutor’s requested joint civil reparation.
Tai An
Argentine vessel investigated over toothfish catches and reporting.
Prodesur S.A.
Owner/operator associated with Tai An; reported incidental-catch defense.
Liu Zhijiang
Chinese-born entrepreneur associated with Prodesur; not identified as a state official.
Yuelin Gan Cao
Individual convicted according to Peru’s 2023 official reports of attempted shark-fin export.
Song Shen Zhen
Defendant sentenced in 2014 in the Mexico–U.S. totoaba-smuggling case.
Lu Qing Yuan Yu 901
Vessel named in 2020 Indonesian survivor and recruiter-investigation reporting.
Yong Xing 1
Chinese squid vessel analyzed for multiple broadcast identities in 2020.
Zhou Yu 929
One of two vessels in the August 2022 refused-inspection dispute; not placed on the 2023 final IUU list.
Pu Yuan 755
One of two vessels in the August 2022 refused-inspection dispute; not placed on the 2023 final IUU list.
Damanzaihao
Processing mother ship historically IUU-listed; renamed and delisted in 2020.
Sustainable Fishing Resources
Historical company associated with the Damanzaihao; no claim of current control.
Pacific Andes group
Historical corporate group associated with the vessel and Peruvian operations.
Casey’s Seafood, Inc.
Virginia processor in the false domestic-origin crab case.
James R. Casey
Owner sentenced in January 2019 for the crab-labeling conspiracy.