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Meridian Pelagic Holdings · “The Ghost Fleet”

DisruptThreat: HighIndustrial fishing conglomerate

Doc Control AE-TGT-01Type Industrial fishing conglomerateFlag / Jurisdiction Flags of convenience (3 registries)Intervention Tier DisruptThreat HighStatus Active surveillance · interdiction authorisedLast Known Position Transshipment rendezvous, South Pacific high seasClassification RESTRICTED // TIDEWATER-EYES-ONLY

Profile

A shell-wrapped conglomerate operating ~40 hulls through layered flags of convenience. Meridian is the single largest documented driver of oceanic whitetip decline in the League's files. NEREID maintains a live AIS-gap model that predicts its dark-running windows to within hours.

Documented Crimes

Illegal, unreported & unregulated (IUU) longlining in three RFMO closures
Systematic shark-finning; oceanic whitetip and mako bycatch dumped at sea
Forced labour aboard at least four transshipment vessels
AIS dark-running for weeks at a time to evade monitoring

Linked Operations

AE-FOR-2091-014 AE-FOR-2090-188

Species at Risk

Oceanic Whitetip Shark (AE-SPX-0009)Atlantic Bluefin Tuna (AE-SPX-0008)

Standing Note

RULES OF ENGAGEMENT

Direct-Action escalation withheld pending evidence package sufficient for an Interpol Purple Notice. We would rather end them in a courtroom than at sea.

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