This vessel was included in the IATTC IUU list on 26 December 2005 whilst named JIN SHYANG YIH 666, owned/operated by Jin Shyang Yih Fishery Co Ltd and flagged to Belize. Vessel was delisted on 30 June 2006. JIN SHYANG YIH NO 666 was fined for fishing without a fishing licence in the EEZ of Mauritius on 28 January 2011. This vessel was denied a fishing licence by Mauritius in 2011 for failure to settle the beforementioned fine. In 2014, this vessel was also investigated for transmitting the identity of a different vessel over VMS whilst operating in the EEZ of Madagascar – the vessel identity transmitted over VMS was BINTANG SAMUDERA – 09, an Indonesian flagged longline vessel. Sources suggest this vessel was also involved in unauthorised fishing in the IOTC area 2014-2016. Through AIS analysis it is known that this vessel operated in the Southern Ocean from April to September 2015, then headed north to operate outside Reunion and Madagascar EEZs where it remained until January 2016. Vessel was refused access to Mauritius port on 11 January 2016 due to submission of forged documents. Vessel then potentially transhipped catch outside the EEZs of Madagascar and Reunion then entered the port of Victoria in the Seychelles. This vessel produced documentation linking the vessel to Thailand registry and the name JIN SHYANG YIH 668. No fish were found on board this vessel on inspection. This vessel was held in port Victoria from February to December 2016 while its Thai flag state investigated the vessel. Thailand ordered the vessel to return to Thailand but it fled the Thai navy and attempted to return to port in Seychelles. The vessel registered with Belize in December 2016 without revoking Thailand license and was thus deemed stateless. Thai authorities issued this vessel with a THB 30,000 fine after confessing to failing to use VMS and repealed the vessels Thai flag making it stateless. This vessel fled Thailand soon after.
