Nghe An fines 22 fishing boat owners for losing connection signal to monitor journey
Since the beginning of 2024, coastal localities in Nghe An have continued to file records to punish 22 fishing boat owners for violations.
Recently, based on the verification and proposal of Quynh Phuong Border Guard Station, the People's Committee of Hoang Mai town (Nghe An) recently fined 3 fishing boat owners, each boat 22.5 million VND, total fine of 67.5 million VND.
They are fishing boat with license plate NA-90193-TS of Mr. Bui Van Tr. residing in Hong Thai block, Quynh Phuong ward; fishing boat with license plate NA-94070-TS of Mr. Hoang Minh S. residing in Phuong Hong block, Quynh Phuong ward; fishing boat with license plate NA-93244-TS of Mr. Nguyen Van Ph. residing in Tan Phong block, Quynh Phuong ward.
According to the minutes of working with the authorities, the above ship owners were heavily fined for not complying with regulations on cases of damaged fishing vessel monitoring equipment according to Clause 2, Article 35, Decree 42/2019/ND-CP on administrative sanctions for violations in the field of fisheries.
Along with Hoang Mai, according to information from the People's Committee of Quynh Luu district, the Quynh Thuan Border Guard Station is also advising the People's Committee of Quynh Luu district to punish a number of fishing boats that also violated the VMS connection while fishing at sea recently and will announce it in the near future.
Since the beginning of the year, the province has had 22 fishing boats fined for disconnecting their tracking devices while fishing, with a total fine of VND481 million.
In addition to the main fine, some ship owners and captains also had their captain and chief engineer certificates temporarily suspended for 1-3 months.
Mr. Tran Nhu Long - Deputy Head of the Department of Fisheries - Fisheries Surveillance said: The situation of fishing vessels losing VMS signals while fishing at sea is still very complicated. Although the number of violating vessels has decreased, Nghe An is one of the provinces with many fishing vessels losing connection; in the first 5 months of the year, there were still 96 fishing vessels losing VMS connection for over 6 months and 41 fishing vessels with a length of over 24 m losing signal for over 10 days at sea, the most among 28 coastal provinces and cities.
Therefore, along with increasing patrols and surveillance at sea, the Provincial People's Committee is resolutely directing the handling of fishing vessels that lose VMS connection signals; strengthening inspection, verification and punishment of fishing vessels that lose VMS connection signals for more than 6 hours without reason and without reporting./.
