Nghe An inspects and punishes 7 fishing boat owners for violations while fishing at sea
(Baonghean.vn) - Implementing the patrol plan against illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (IUU), from May 12 to 16, the provincial interdisciplinary delegation led by the Provincial Department of Fisheries - Fisheries Surveillance conducted a patrol of coastal fishing activities in Nghe An.
As a result, after 5 consecutive days of patrolling and controlling the sea areas from the South of Nghe An to the North sea areaQuynh Luu districtThe delegation approached over 30 fishing vessels to propagate and remind the owners and crew to comply with regulations on procedures when exploiting and fishing at sea; at the same time, the delegation discovered and handled 7 vessel owners.fishing boat illegal fishing.
The vehicle owners and captains in Thanh Hoa who were inspected and fined this time include: Mr. Hoang Van Manh, fishing boat with license plate TH - 91674 - TS, address in Quang Xuong (Thanh Hoa); Le Ngoc Duong, owner of fishing boat with license plate TH-81905-TS, residing in Hai Ninh ward, Nghi Son town (Thanh Hoa); Nguyen Van Hung, owner of fishing boat with license plate TH-91432-TS, residing in Hai Chau ward, Nghi Son town, (Thanh Hoa).
In addition to the three ship owners from Thanh Hoa, the delegation also discovered and is conducting administrative sanctions against the following men: Tran Van Tien, owner of fishing boat with license plate NA-80251-TS; Nguyen Van Quang, owner of fishing boat NA-80239-TS; Nguyen Van Huy, owner of fishing boat with license plate NA-80249-TS and Tran Van Tam, owner of fishing boat with license plate NA-2080-TS, all residing in Dien Ngoc commune, Dien Chau (Nghe An).
The fishing vessel owners were mainly fined for violations related to paperwork when fishing at sea, such as not carrying all required documents, and some vessels used workers whose names were not on the list.crew list, not recording the catch or fishing in the wrong area or location stated in the issued fishing license...
Mr. Tran Chau Thanh - Head of Fisheries Control Department, Department of Fisheries - Fisheries Control, Head of the provincial interdisciplinary working group said: During this inspection, besides some ship owners who knew about the violation and were reminded, they strictly complied, but there were also some fishing boat owners who did not have full documents and when the authorities drew up the penalty records, they did not cooperate with the inspection team, so the team had to propagate and mobilize, which took a lot of time. Besides checking and penalizing ships that violated the "3 nos" for ships of 12 m or more or "2 nos" for ships under 12 m, the team also approached some 4-pole, 2-pole and offshore fishing boats to maintain the VMS journey monitoring signal on fishing boats and reminded them to comply with regulations on fire prevention and fighting on fishing boats./.
