FIVE FOREIGN FLAGGED
FISHING VESSELS FINED
Exclusive Economic Zone by three Chinese fishing
vessels: Ron Da Yang 8 (BBZL6), Lu Rong Yuan Yu
29 (BBZN4), and Lu Rong Yuan Yu 17 (BZSI2) were
operating inside New Zealand���s EEZ in the northernmost
Kermadec area, while not being authorised or licensed to
do so in 2011.
While not intentional, the incursions were an unauthorised
breach of New Zealand fisheries law. The ship owners
acknowledged the offending and a payment of NZ$50,000
per ship has been made to the New Zealand Government.
Subsequently, China has implemented a 10nm buffer
zone around the New Zealand EEZ and also now requires
Chinese vessels to use both paper and electronic navigational
charts. Ministry of Primary Industries Deputy Director
General Compliance and Response, Andrew Coleman says
this is a pleasing outcome.
���We must protect our fisheries from the threat of illegal
fishing activity, including remote and environmentally
sensitive marine areas such as the Kermadecs. The Ministry
of Foreign Affairs and Trade and MPI worked closely with
the Chinese authorities to resolve this matter.���
The incursions were picked up by MPI using the
Vessel Monitoring System operated by the Western and
Central Pacific Fisheries Commission and the Forum
Fisheries Agency.
���Our maritime patrol capability, which includes the New
Zealand Navy, Air Force and MPI, is doing an excellent
job preventing illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing
activity. Close cooperation with neighbouring Pacific Island
countries and regional agencies is also paying dividends in
joint work to protect the shared tuna and billfish fisheries of
the South Pacific,��� Mr Coleman says. ���The ability to have
a fishing vessel placed on the Western and Central Pacific
Fisheries Commission Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated
Vessel List has created a strong incentive for flag states to
address IUU fishing incidents.���
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