FV Margiris
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| History | |
|---|---|
| Name: |
Margiris Abel Tasman (2012-2013) Margiris (??-2012) Annelies Ilena (2006-??) Atlantic Star (1999-2006) Siberian Enterprise (1998-1999) Apollo Two (1997-1998) |
| Builder: | Mjellem & Karlsen Verft, Bergen, Norway |
| Launched: | 1997 |
| Renamed: | Margiris |
| Homeport: | Klaipeda |
| Identification: |
IMO number: 8301187 MMSI number: 277330000Call sign: LYRV    |
| Status: | In service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Super Trawler |
| Tonnage: |
9,499 GT 6,200 DWT |
| Length: | 136.1 m (447 ft) |
| Beam: | 18 m (59 ft) |
| Draught: | 5.5 m (18 ft) |
| Decks: | 32 |
FV Margiris, is the world's second largest fishing boat. It is a 9,500 GT super trawler and factory ship.[1]
In 2012, Seafish Tasmania brought the ship (then named the Abel Tasman) to Australia.[2] She was originally authorized to catch a quota of 18,000 tonnes of jack mackerel and redbait along the southern shores of the country. After protests against her use by environmental and fishing industry groups, the Australian government passed legislation prohibiting the trawler from fishing in Australian waters for two years.[3] For this reason, Seafish Tasmania subsequently sold its stake in the vessel to Dutch company Parlevliet & Van der Plas. On March 6, 2013, after six months moored in Australian waters, she left Port Lincoln, having reassumed her original name of Margiris.[4][5]
After leaving Australian waters, the vessel passed through Cook Strait, New Zealand on March 20, 2013. She was now flagged to Lithuania and owned by Atlantic High Sea Fishing Company.
Margiris arrived in Port of Penco, Chile on April 7, 2013. The vessel did not berth and steamed out of the bay to fish.[6] [7]
The Super Trawler issue was subject to a court challenge in 2014 [8] and an Australian Government scientific report published in late 2014.[9] Before and after this report there was reaffirmation that super trawlers over 130 metres, like Margiris, would not be permitted under Australia's environmental protection law, yet controversy continues in Australia about factory-fishing boats.[10]
References
- ↑ "Minister queries super trawler quota". ABC News. August 17, 2012. Retrieved August 29, 2012.
- ↑ "Stoush over super trawler port access". ABC News. August 24, 2012. Retrieved August 29, 2012.
- ↑ "Laws to stop super trawler pass Lower House". ABC News. 2012-09-14.
- ↑ "Super trawler sails off from controversy". ABC News. 2013-03-06.
- ↑ Andrew Duffy (2013-03-07). "Super-trawler sets sail". Food magazine.
- ↑ Michael Field (2013-03-26). "Super trawler in Cook Strait". Marlborough Express.
- ↑ "AIS track for "Margiris" 20 March 2013". 2013-03-20.
- ↑ http://www.corrs.com.au/publications/corrs-in-brief/federal-court-upholds-ban-on-super-trawler-but-warns-of-rough-seas-ahead/
- ↑ http://www.environment.gov.au/marine/publications/report-expert-panel-small-pelagic-fishery
- ↑ http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/dec/26/supertrawler-ban-is-flawed-say-environmental-and-fishing-groups#comment-45421368
Report of the Expert Panel on a Declared Commercial Fishing Activity - Final (Small Pelagic Fishery) Declaration 2012, Expert Panel on a Declared Commercial Fishing Activity, Dec 2014, available on-line