Nghe An reminds and punishes fishing boat owners who do not cooperate with the interdisciplinary inspection team.

After 4 days of the incident, with the involvement of the Department of Fisheries - Fisheries Control and border guards in 2 localities in Nghe An and Thanh Hoa to propagate and mobilize, on the morning of May 17, the owner of the fishing boat with license plate TH-91674-TS, Mr. Hoang Van M. (born in 1992), in Quang Nham commune, Quang Xuong district (Thanh Hoa) went to Cua Lo Border Guard Station to work with the interdisciplinary delegation of Nghe An province.

Previously, on the morning of May 13, immediately after discovering the violation, the interdisciplinary team discussed and communicated with the ship owner Hoang Van M.. Photo: Nguyen Hai

Here, the inspection team members reiterated the violations of the fishing boat owners, thereby continuing to propagate and remind the attitude and awareness of law compliance of the boat owners towards the captain, Mr. Hoang Van M. in particular, and fishermen in general in the field of aquatic resources protection; new requirements of the Government in protecting aquatic resources and combating IUU fishing on sea routes and sea areas.

Major Pham Van Tu - Head of Cua Lo - Ben Thuy Border Control Station discussed with the working group about the process of receiving documents and handling the case. Photo: Nguyen Hai

Previously, during the inspection at sea, the Nghe An interdisciplinary team discovered that this fishing vessel had some signs of violating regulations on fishing exploitation according to Decree 42/2019/ND-CP, so they conducted an administrative procedure inspection and invited the ship owner and captain to the working group's ship to work.

Based on the inspection of the documents presented by the ship owner, the delegation analyzed and clarified a number of violations and shortcomings, but the ship owner did not cooperate, did not sign the minutes, and left behind a number of documents related to the fishing vessel, jumped into the sea and swam to his own ship.

The fishing boat with license plate TH-91674-TS, 16.1m long, was discovered to have committed violations while fishing in the waters near Mat Island, Nghe An province. Photo: Nguyen Hai

When the authorities requested to tow the ship and bring it back to Cua Lo Port for processing, the ship owner used the excuse that the ship had stalled and refused to tow the ship back to shore. In response to this incident, the interdisciplinary team reported to their superiors for advice; at the same time, they planned to complete the case file to transfer to the authorities of Thanh Hoa province for processing.

After being informed and explained, fishing boat owner Hoang Van M. realized his spontaneous violations and voluntarily complied with the penalty. Photo: Nguyen Hai

On the morning of May 17, based on persuasion and persuasion, the fishing boat owner admitted that his uncooperative behavior was wrong and that his reaction was due to his poor awareness. He has now realized and voluntarily complied with the penalties; at the same time, he committed to strictly comply with the regulations and procedures when fishing. Based on Decree 42/2019/ND-CP, the working group drew up a record for the Command of Cua Lo Border Guard Station to issue a decision to sanction 3 violations, with a total fine of 16.5 million VND./.

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