- MercoPress, Uruguay, 18 November 2004 – Last three “Maya V” crewmembers fined and deported
“Three Uruguayan crewmembers from the longliner “Maya V”, caught illegally fishing, and who had pleaded not guilty were sentenced Wednesday … to pay a 750 US dollars fine plus 350 US dollars prosecution costs.”… - MercoPress, Uruguay, 20 April 2004 – “Maya V” haul attracts buyers interest
- MercoPress, Uruguay, April 5, 2004 – “Maya V crewmembers back in Punta Arenas”
- MercoPress, Uruguay, March 17, 2004 – “Maya V observer “dumped computer into the sea””…the Fisheries Department observer aboard the longliner “Maya V” dumped his “technical reports and computer to the sea” before been arrested for allegedly fishing in Australian waters…
- MercoPress, Uruguay, March 15, 2004 – “Maya V: scientific observers union blame Captain Flangini”
Observers and scientists from the Uruguayan Fisheries Department, (DINARA), claim that most of the problems encountered by Uruguayan flagged vessels allegedly caught illegally fishing can be tracked to recent resolutions degrading technical conditions for the naming and selection of observers... - MercoPress, Uruguay, March 11, 2004 – “Maya V “observer” loved shooting sea birds”
Serious accusations were aired in the Montevideo press against the Uruguayan Fisheries Department observer of the longliner “Maya V”, ... - MercoPress, Uruguay, February 26, 2004 – “Maya V Crew Out of Jail”
- MercoPress, Uruguay, February 18, 2004 – “Maya V: Uruguay and Australia hold talks”
- SARTMA.com, Falkland Islands, February 13, 2004 – “Fishers Challenge Australian Sovereignty – Commonwealth”
…Incursions by fishermen into the Australian Fishing Zone was seen as a challenge to Australian sovereignty… - MercoPress, Uruguay, February 13, 2004 – “Flangini: “toothfish fishing not restricted””
…Captain Flangini insisted that the “Maya V” was licenced by the Uruguayan government to operate in the high seas with toothfish, “a non restricted species”… - MercoPress, Uruguay, February 13, 2004 – “Crew of Maya V formally charged”
Thirty-five foreign nationals have been formally charged with illegal fishing…
- The Age Newspaper, Australia, February 5, 2004 – “Howard learns of the danger in hunting poachers”
- …After another illegal vessel, the Maya V, of Uruguay, was impounded 150 tonnes of toothfish were sold and at $34 a kilogram customs is on to a nice little earner for the Federal Government…
- MercoPress, Uruguay, February 4, 2004 – “COLTO claims Maya V, Viarsa1 link”
Uruguayan flagged longliner “Maya V” … is under bareboat charter to Navalmar S.A. in Uruguay, the same company that chartered the “Viarsa1” another Uruguayan flagged longliner … according to COLTO… - MercoPress, Uruguay, February 3, 2004 – “Australia investigating ‘Maya V’ catch”
- The Age Newspaper, Australia, February 2, 2004 – “Illegal fishing boat in Fremantle”
- MercoPress, Uruguay, January 27, 2004 – “Maya V: Uruguay waiting for official Australian report”