China's summer fishing moratorium ends, the Coast Guard's Kinmapeng branch raids cross-border fishing boats
The Coast Guard carried out powerful raids for three consecutive days, driving away a total of 8 Chinese ships that crossed the border, and seized 1 Chinese fishing vessel operating in violation of regulations.
Quick Look
- China's fishing moratorium ended on the 16th.
- The Coast Guard's Kinmapeng branch immediately launched a three-day powerful sweep, mobilizing a large number of manpower and ships, and successfully drove away 8 cross-border Chinese fishing boats and seized a Taiwanese fishing boat that was operating in violation of regulations to maintain order in the sea area and the rights and interests of fishermen.
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Why It Matters
China's fishing moratorium is implemented every summer, and after it ends, a large number of Chinese fishing boats flood into surrounding waters. In response to this trend, the Coast Guard usually adopts special projects to prevent it.
China has lifted its fishing moratorium during the winter season, and the Marine Patrol Bureau’s Kinmapeng Branch carried out powerful raids for three consecutive days, driving away eight cross-border vessels and seizing one Chinese fishing vessel that was operating in violation of regulations.
China's mid-season fishing moratorium ended at 12 noon on the 16th of this month. In order to prevent Chinese fishing boats from crossing the border in large numbers and intruding on the waters under our jurisdiction, the Jinma-Peng branch of the Coast Guard comprehensively strengthened radar and coastal technology monitoring to expand the scope of detection and search. For three consecutive days (16 to 18 days), the "coast-sea joint, remote synchronization" powerful sweep service was carried out. A total of 8 cross-border ships were driven away, and 1 Chinese fishing vessel was seized for illegal operations.
The Kinmapeng Branch pointed out that for this project, each patrol area integrated the capabilities of maritime, coastal patrol and investigation units, and mobilized a total of 35 patrol boats, 727 law enforcement personnel, 200 patrol vehicles and 6 detection dogs.
The Kinmapeng-Peng Branch stated that based on past trends in cross-border hotspots, the maritime patrol radar has deployed warships in advance. In particular, it has strengthened the intensity of detection and search in the waters around the western part of Penghu Qimei, and moved forward to patrol outside the restricted waters. At the same time, it has continued to visit fishermen's associations in various jurisdictions to understand the operating areas and sea conditions of my country's fishing boats in real time, and flexibly adjusted its service deployment.
The Kinma-Pengheng Branch said that since January this year, 102 Chinese fishing boats that crossed the border have been expelled from the Penghu waters, and 2 have been detained and fined NT$2.4 million in accordance with the law. It will continue to increase investigation capabilities and strengthen intelligence research and judgment, and vigorously clamp down on those who have no Chinese fishing boats, whose evictions are ineffective, or who resist inspections.
The Kinmapeng Branch Office urges fishermen friends to immediately call the coast patrol reporting hotline 118 if they find Chinese fishing boats operating across the border or damaging net gear during maritime operations, or report via radio or fishery radio station in the operating sea area. The coast patrol unit will immediately dispatch online ships to the corresponding location to fully protect the rights and property safety of our fishermen.
The Coast Patrol Department’s Kim Ma Peng Branch mobilized a total of 35 patrol boats, 727 law enforcement personnel, 200 patrol vehicles and 6 detection dogs for this sweep.
Open Questions
- Will regular patrol density be increased in the future?
