Nghe An fines 4 fishing boats for violations
(Baonghean.vn) - Receiving information from the people, from September 2 to 6, Nghe An Fisheries Surveillance ships carried out the task of inspecting and penalizing 4 fishing boats for violations with a total fine of 35 million VND.
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| Propaganda and reminders for fishermen to comply, turn the boat around to pull up the fishing gear that has been cut off in natural waters. Photo: PV |
The four fishing boats inspected and fined this time all belonged to fishermen from Dien Ngoc commune, Dien Chau, of which two fishing boats of Mr. Nguyen Van Dung (born in 1985) with license plate number NA-80111-TS and Mr. Nguyen Van Hung (born in 1985) with license plate number NA-4548-TS were fined 5 million VND/boat forillegal fishing and marine areasand intentionally dumped fishing gear back into natural waters without writing the fishing vessel registration number.
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| Nghe An Fisheries Surveillance force approached the fishing boat and asked the offending fishermen to comply with the handling order. Photo: PV |
The two remaining vessels that received heavier fines were the vessel of Mr. Bui Van Ty (born in 1977), license plate NA-80157-TS, and the vessel of Mr. Thai Ba Thanh (born in 1969), license plate NA-80096-TS, which were fined 12.5 million VND/vessel for fishing in the wrong profession, in the wrong sea area, and not fully equipped with safety equipment for fishing vessels with a maximum length of 12 meters or more as prescribed when operating in fishing activities.
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| A trawler of a fishing boat that violated the law was hauled up, fishing nets, and evidence to be administratively punished. The trawlers are fishing close to shore, so the possibility of destroying and depleting aquatic resources is very high. Photo: PV |
Mr. Tran Chau Thanh - Head of Inspection and Legal Department, Department of Fisheries said: Recently, the frequency of violations in near-shore fishing by fishermen in Dien Chau district has increased. Based on the report,Fisheries Surveillance Forcecontinuously checked and reminded but fishermen did not comply. The ships werepunishis due to the act of cutting fishing gear and running away when requested for inspection and presentation of documents. In the near future, Nghe An Fisheries Sub-Department will propose and coordinate with Dien Chau district authorities to increase propaganda so that fishermen can change their means of transport and limit destructive fishing that affects coastal aquatic resources as it is now./.
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