Safe fishing and crew employment workshop: Recruitment of Tuvalu sea farer on Tuvalu-flagged seine vessels

November 5, 2020 Matelina Stuart Admin Agreement, Fish Safety Foundation, Fishing Vessels, Jobs, NGO, NZAP, TFD, TMTI

Participants of the Office of the Attorney General, Marine Police, Tuvalu Maritime Training Institution TMTI, the Ministry of Labour, Fishing Vessel Agents, Crewing Agents and the Tuvalu Seafarers’ Union (TOSU) with TFD staff held a workshop on safe fishing and crew employment last week on Wednesday. The workshop focused on the employment of crew on […]

TFD detained Purse Seine Fishing vessel Micronesia 101 for official custody

September 27, 2018 Matelina Stuart Oceanic Control, Fisheries, Fishing Vessels, Funafuti, Purse Seine, TFD

The Tuvalu Fisheries Department detained the purse seine fishing vessel name Micronesia 101 due to the violation of section 63 of the Tuvalu Marine Resources Act 2006 (and the Marine Resources (Amendment) Act 2017). One of the FV Micronesia 101 crew dumped broken winch cable into the lagoon while transhipment in the Funafuti port. The […]