Fishing in violation of the law is heavily punished! Jinchang 6 was fined 11.4 million for killing black shark, International focus 11 was fined 3.75 million, and its license was withdrawn for 5 months.

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Taiwan's fishing boat Fuku 11 was accused of violating the fishing ban, finning and abandoning itself, maltreatment of foreign fishermen, insufficient wages and so on. The Fisheries Department (AFD) today (4) announced the findings of the investigation, confirming that the fishing vessel was involved in cases such as failure to provide detailed information on the catch, unauthorized employment of non-Chinese crew, insufficient wages, long working hours, early termination of the contract, and so on, resulting in a total fine of $3.75 million and the withdrawal of the vessel's fishing licence for five months. Among them, a separate fine of 250000 yuan was imposed for failing to give foreign fishermen a legal salary of US $450. the fine was taken for three months, which was the first penalty for this violation in China.

Previously, Jinchang No. 6 illegally caught smooth white-eyed mackerel (black shark) and spotted white-eyed mackerel (flower shark), fined the ship owner and captain a total of 11.4 million yuan, and withdrew the fishing license for six months and the captain's fishing crew manual for six months.

From left, Director of Fisheries Huang Hongyan, Vice Chairman of the Council of Agriculture Chen Jizhong, and Deputy head of Ocean Fisheries Section, Fisheries Department Wang Maocheng (Photo / Liu Yixin)

Does our country deny the occurrence of the incident? AFD: rigorous investigation must be conducted.

As soon as the Fukui 11 case broke out, the Fisheries Department immediately issued a document to clarify that there was no violation of the law, but after reopening the investigation, it was found that the fishing ban on fish species, violation of the rights and interests of fishermen, and other problems, the situation has greatly reversed. In response, Wang Mao-Cheng explained that when Fukui 11 was detained in South Africa, the South African authorities and Taiwan commissioners inspected that no prohibited fish species were found, because fishing for prohibited fish species was tantamount to a major violation, and the fine was NT $2 million, so the Fisheries Department had to conduct a more rigorous investigation until it returned to Taiwan to reopen the investigation.

Jinchang No. 6 was fined 11.4 million yuan for violating the fishing ban.

In addition, the Fisheries Department also announced that Jinchang 6 illegally caught a large number of black sharks and flower sharks. According to the results of fish unloading inspection, the total weight of black sharks and flower sharks was prohibited from catching more than 30 tons, and all of them have been seized. Against the owner and captain of the ship, in accordance with Article 36 of the Ocean Fisheries regulations, the operator of the ship was fined NT $9.5 million, the fishing license was withdrawn for six months, the captain of the ship was fined NT $1.9 million and the crew manual of the fishing vessel was withdrawn for six months, and the illegal catch was destroyed.

Getting rid of the yellow card makes it worse? Chen Jizhong: the penalty has nothing to do with lifting the yellow card or not.

While outsiders are concerned about whether these two cases will make the lifting of the ban on yellow cards in Taiwan even worse or more helpful, Chen Jizhong, vice chairman of the Council of Agriculture, stressed that this has nothing to do with the lifting of the ban on yellow cards, but is for the sustainable development of the fishing industry, publicizing the law enforcement process and imposing strict penalties, which is tantamount to declaring that the Fisheries Department is determined to enforce the laws and regulations to prevent fishing vessels from breaking the law, especially in the prohibition of fishing for fish species.

Chen Jizhong said that three years ago, Taiwan was given a yellow card by the European Union, and Taiwan carried out legal restructuring, monitoring, traceability, and so on. From last year to the end of September this year, 123 penalties have been issued, with a total amount of more than 100.0007 million million. The Fisheries Department has also been educating and educating the owners and deckhands of ocean-going fishing vessels, and the number of violations will be reduced one after another. For the sustainable development of the offshore fishing industry, we should not only remove the EU yellow card, but also actively ensure the rights and interests of offshore fishing workers, including a monthly salary of at least US $450, a special complaint line, a pilot intermediary evaluation this year, a survey of the working environment, and so on.

It is discussed by the outside world whether offshore deckhands should be the responsibility of the Fisheries Department, or whether foreign deckhands should be included in the labour law, abide by the International Convention on Fisheries work (ILO188), or make separate laws. Chen Jizhong said that it is still under discussion, but before the system is established, the Fisheries Department will actively ensure human rights, which is the basic responsibility of human rights countries. "it's not about taking off the yellow card, it's about the sustainable operation of Cosco."

Huang Hongyan also pointed out that since the ocean regulations have been enforced for a year and a half, violations have been greatly reduced this year, but it is inevitable that there will be a small number of violations. The purpose of announcing the inspection results and punishment today is not to punish, but to arouse the attention of the industry. to avoid inadvertent violations.

Environmental Justice Foundation: hope to impose serious penalties on vigilant intermediaries

In response to the results of the inspection report of the Agriculture and Fisheries Department (AFD), Qiu said that she encouraged the AFD's willingness to investigate, but thought that it was a pity that "the investigation must be carried out only after pressure from human rights groups". With regard to the rights and interests of deckhands, the AFD's findings are consistent with those of human rights groups. "it is only hoped that more severe penalties can be imposed and be wary of other intermediary units." It is also expected that the District Prosecutor's Office will really deal with the investigation in accordance with the Law on the Prevention of Human trafficking.

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