Japanese fishing vessel KINEI MARU NO.85 $446,000 fine pardoned

November 14, 2019 - Mount Vema -  The Japanese fishing vessel KINEI MARU NO.85 which has been fined 250,000 golles (about $446,362.50 US dollars) by the Vema Seamount Authority after fishing illegally in Mount Vema, was pardoned today.

The owners of the fishing vessel which home port is KAMAISHI, and operates from Cape Town under the flag of Japan, which was spotted fishing without a Mount Vema fishing licence on the 23rd of May 2019, will no longer need to settle charges with the Vema Seamount Authority and will not be facing criminal prosecution. However the vessel remains banned from returning to the Vema Seamount Territorial waters.