Boat owner jailed for illegal fishing
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January 20, 2011, Thursday
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A FISHING boat owner has been jailed for a year in the country's first case involving illegal fishing during a seasonal ban.
Ma Baoguang, the owner of two fishing vessels, was convicted of illegally fishing in the East China Sea, Jiaojiang District People's Court in Taizhou City, Zhejiang Province, said in a statement yesterday.
Nine of Ma's workers were sentenced to lighter jail terms and fined for illegally catching a total of 32,000 kilograms of fish in July last year, when a fishing ban was in effect, the court said.
When a patrol vessel from the city's marine and fishery law enforcement department found Ma's vessels operating illegally, one of the boats twice attempted to speed toward it to prevent the crew carrying out their duties.
China has imposed fishing bans in all the country's sea areas to sustain fish stocks. Seafood prices often soar by 20 percent during the bans.
Ma Baoguang, the owner of two fishing vessels, was convicted of illegally fishing in the East China Sea, Jiaojiang District People's Court in Taizhou City, Zhejiang Province, said in a statement yesterday.
Nine of Ma's workers were sentenced to lighter jail terms and fined for illegally catching a total of 32,000 kilograms of fish in July last year, when a fishing ban was in effect, the court said.
When a patrol vessel from the city's marine and fishery law enforcement department found Ma's vessels operating illegally, one of the boats twice attempted to speed toward it to prevent the crew carrying out their duties.
China has imposed fishing bans in all the country's sea areas to sustain fish stocks. Seafood prices often soar by 20 percent during the bans.
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