Showing posts with label Illegal Vietnamese fishing boats. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Illegal Vietnamese fishing boats. Show all posts
Saturday, September 08, 2012
Friday, June 03, 2011
Officials hurt in Vietnamese boat attack
Friday, 03 June 2011
Cheang Sokha
The Phnom Penh Post
Cheang Sokha
The Phnom Penh Post
Fishery administration officials were reportedly slashed with a knife and beaten during a raid on a Vietnamese fishing boat found deep inside Cambodian territory.
According to local newspaper Nokorwat News, the two government officials had to jump in the sea to escape after being attacked during an operation to stop a Vietnamese vessel fishing illegally near Polovai Island in Preah Sihanouk province on Monday.
The officials, it was reported, captured a boat containing seven fishermen. But when they ordered the captain to take it to a port, 47-year-old Cambodian official Som Darapoc was knifed while his colleague, 48-year-old Nuch Puthreary, was beaten with a stick.
The attack forced them to flee for their lives, according to the newspaper, while the boat returned to Vietnamese waters.
Monday, December 13, 2010
Viet fishing boat arrested and turned over to cops by fed up Cambodian fishermen?
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| The 3 illegal Viet fishermen arrested by Cambodian fishermen (Photo: CEN) |
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| The illegal Viet fishing boat arrested (Photo: CEN) |
Everyday.com.kh
Translated from Khmer by Soch
A report from Kampot province indicated that Cambodian fishermen have surrounded one Vietnamese fishing boat which entered Cambodian waters illegally and they turned this boat to the cops for them to take legal measures. This Viet boat was arrested by Cambodian fishermen at 9:30PM on 12 Dec 2010 near the Traloc Moy area, at Treuy Koh village, Kampot province. Three Viet citizens who came illegally to fish in Cambodian waters and one boat were turned to the cops for legal prosecution.
Sunday, August 22, 2010
Viet fishing boats illegally trespassing into Cambodian seas
22 August 2010
By Sok Serey
Radio Free Asia
Translated from Khmer by Komping Puoy
Click here to read the article in Khmer
By Sok Serey
Radio Free Asia
Translated from Khmer by Komping Puoy
Click here to read the article in Khmer
Fishermen from Kampot province indicated that there are illegal Viet fishing boats that sneaked in to catch fishes inside Cambodian waters in Kampot province during night time.
Kampot fishermen indicated on 21 August that, hundreds of fishermen families living in 4 communes in Kampot district are facing hardship in their fishing because the amount of fish catch is very slim because Viet fishing boats came to catch them using electric shock and illegal large fish catching equipments at night time.
The Cambodian fishermen live in 4 communes in Kampot province: Koh Toch, Sre Koh, Keb and Trapaing L’pov communes. The Viet fishing boats usually enter Cambodian waters from night time until daybreak to catch fishes, crabs and shrimps by using fine fishnets and electric shock devices etc… Each night, about 10 of these Viet fishing boats are coming in.
Cambodian fishermen are blaming the Cambodian provincial fisheries officials of not paying attention to this problem even after the villagers have complained in the past.
Sma Lim, a 40-year-old fisherman from Sre village, Sre Koh commune, Kampot district and province, told RFA over the phone that: “When they (Viet fishing boats) did not come in yet, we were able to catch 4-10 kg of shrimps and such! Now, each night we couldn’t even catch 1 kg! We don’t want anything, just that these Viet fishing boats do not trespass like this! Otherwise, the small [Cambodian] fishermen will have nothing left!”
The fishermen sent a petition that bears the thumbprints of 300 to 400 families to report to the Kampot authority last week, however, there is not reply yet so far.
Keo El, a 46-year-old fisherman from Sre Koh commune, said: “Fishing nowadays is affected because of these Viet fishing boats trespassing into Cambodian territories. They use modern fishing equipments, electric shocking devices, and they dragged with their nets all night long, they take everything.”
RFA could not reach the director of the Kampot province fisheries department to obtain his reaction over the claims made by the fishermen above.
Nao Thuork, the chairman of the department of fisheries for Cambodia, explained that the claims made by these fishermen are not all true (sic!).
Nao Thuork confirmed: “I did receive [the petition], but it is not that much either! We sent our people to look also, but the waters are neighboring each other. But, they [Cambodian fishermen] kept on saying that the Viet boats trespassed and such! We do not allow them, if there were any trespasses, the number is very small! (sic!)”
Cambodia is currently after illegal fishing during the prohibited fishing season which lasts between June and October. During this season, large scale fishing is prohibited, as well as fishing through fine nets, electric shocking devices or grenades, in order to increase the fish population in 2010.
Kampot fishermen indicated on 21 August that, hundreds of fishermen families living in 4 communes in Kampot district are facing hardship in their fishing because the amount of fish catch is very slim because Viet fishing boats came to catch them using electric shock and illegal large fish catching equipments at night time.
The Cambodian fishermen live in 4 communes in Kampot province: Koh Toch, Sre Koh, Keb and Trapaing L’pov communes. The Viet fishing boats usually enter Cambodian waters from night time until daybreak to catch fishes, crabs and shrimps by using fine fishnets and electric shock devices etc… Each night, about 10 of these Viet fishing boats are coming in.
Cambodian fishermen are blaming the Cambodian provincial fisheries officials of not paying attention to this problem even after the villagers have complained in the past.
Sma Lim, a 40-year-old fisherman from Sre village, Sre Koh commune, Kampot district and province, told RFA over the phone that: “When they (Viet fishing boats) did not come in yet, we were able to catch 4-10 kg of shrimps and such! Now, each night we couldn’t even catch 1 kg! We don’t want anything, just that these Viet fishing boats do not trespass like this! Otherwise, the small [Cambodian] fishermen will have nothing left!”
The fishermen sent a petition that bears the thumbprints of 300 to 400 families to report to the Kampot authority last week, however, there is not reply yet so far.
Keo El, a 46-year-old fisherman from Sre Koh commune, said: “Fishing nowadays is affected because of these Viet fishing boats trespassing into Cambodian territories. They use modern fishing equipments, electric shocking devices, and they dragged with their nets all night long, they take everything.”
RFA could not reach the director of the Kampot province fisheries department to obtain his reaction over the claims made by the fishermen above.
Nao Thuork, the chairman of the department of fisheries for Cambodia, explained that the claims made by these fishermen are not all true (sic!).
Nao Thuork confirmed: “I did receive [the petition], but it is not that much either! We sent our people to look also, but the waters are neighboring each other. But, they [Cambodian fishermen] kept on saying that the Viet boats trespassed and such! We do not allow them, if there were any trespasses, the number is very small! (sic!)”
Cambodia is currently after illegal fishing during the prohibited fishing season which lasts between June and October. During this season, large scale fishing is prohibited, as well as fishing through fine nets, electric shocking devices or grenades, in order to increase the fish population in 2010.
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Kampot fishermen protest Vietnamese fishing boats in Cambodian waters
Vietnamese boat sellers in Pursat province (Photo: Ouk Savborey, RFA)21 October 2009
By Ouk Savborey
Radio Free Asia
Translated from Khmer by Socheata
Click here to read the article in Khmer
On 20 October, more than 200 Cambodian fishermen showed up at the Kampot provincial office to demand that the authority stop illegal Vietnamese fishing boats that came in large number into the Cambodian sea waters. The presence of these Vietnamese boats disrupts and affects the livelihood of Cambodian fishermen.
El Nget, a representative of the fishermen who were protesting in front of the Kampot provincial office, claimed: “The Viets came to drag [fish] in shallow water, the same area that our people are living in currently. It’s difficult to make a living, we can’t find fish.”
Prom Dul Kraim, a fisherman from Daun Toak village, Treuy Koh commune, said that his group does not own rice field land, and it only depends on fishing. If the Vietnamese fishing boats are allowed to come in freely, his group will lose its livelihood and nobody will have the money to pay more than 400,000 riels ($100) [in fishing license fee] to the state coffer.
Prom Dul Karim said: “They come to take away our job, they brought in large dragging boats inside our Cambodian territories. Our Cambodian people cannot earn a living, everything went down.”
El Soeu indicated that he couldn’t catch fish, however, the Vietnamese boats equipped with modern equipments use nets to comb out all the baby fishes, crabs, shrimps, snails. Furthermore, the Cambodian fishery department did not raid these illegal Vietnamese boats that violated the Cambodian sea waters, but they only came to ask money from the Cambodian fishermen instead, telling the Cambodian fishermen to pay 430,000 riels (~$110) per year.
El Soeu indicated: “Now, it’s time to pay the fishery department. Each year, we have to pay 430,000 riels. But, with the large amount of fishing [from the Vietnamese boats], I couldn’t catch anything. Where do I find the money to pay [the fishery department]?”
Ung Set, another fisherman, said: “We have to pay 430,000 riels to the fishery department every year. We cannot earn the money.”
After the fishermen gathered in front of the Kampot provincial office, three of their representatives were called in for negotiation. Man No, one of the three representatives, claimed that the provincial authority and the fishery department, as well as the police department promise to raid these illegal Viet boats that catch fish inside Cambodian waters and affect the livelihood of the Cambodian people.
RFA attempted to meet with Mr. Sor Sarin, the chief of the Kampot fishery department, and Mr. Khuoy Khun Huor, the Kampot provincial governor, and his deputy to obtain a clarification on their [promised] intervention help as the Cambodian fishermen requested, but all of them declined to comment.
Mrs. Try Chhoon, the official of a human rights group in Kampot province, declared that the fishermen have protested for several years already about the illegal fishing conducted by the Viet boats inside Cambodian waters, but the authority and the fishery department seems to be afraid that problems could arise and they all act as if they never saw these illegal Viet fishing boats.
The protesting fishermen revealed that this is not their first time protesting. They have protested many times already, but nothing came out of them.
The protesters warned that if this time, the authority does not take action to raid these Viet boats that came to destroy Cambodia’s fishery with their modern equipments, they will go to Phnom Penh to protest in front of the National Assembly to seek for a resolution.
El Nget, a representative of the fishermen who were protesting in front of the Kampot provincial office, claimed: “The Viets came to drag [fish] in shallow water, the same area that our people are living in currently. It’s difficult to make a living, we can’t find fish.”
Prom Dul Kraim, a fisherman from Daun Toak village, Treuy Koh commune, said that his group does not own rice field land, and it only depends on fishing. If the Vietnamese fishing boats are allowed to come in freely, his group will lose its livelihood and nobody will have the money to pay more than 400,000 riels ($100) [in fishing license fee] to the state coffer.
Prom Dul Karim said: “They come to take away our job, they brought in large dragging boats inside our Cambodian territories. Our Cambodian people cannot earn a living, everything went down.”
El Soeu indicated that he couldn’t catch fish, however, the Vietnamese boats equipped with modern equipments use nets to comb out all the baby fishes, crabs, shrimps, snails. Furthermore, the Cambodian fishery department did not raid these illegal Vietnamese boats that violated the Cambodian sea waters, but they only came to ask money from the Cambodian fishermen instead, telling the Cambodian fishermen to pay 430,000 riels (~$110) per year.
El Soeu indicated: “Now, it’s time to pay the fishery department. Each year, we have to pay 430,000 riels. But, with the large amount of fishing [from the Vietnamese boats], I couldn’t catch anything. Where do I find the money to pay [the fishery department]?”
Ung Set, another fisherman, said: “We have to pay 430,000 riels to the fishery department every year. We cannot earn the money.”
After the fishermen gathered in front of the Kampot provincial office, three of their representatives were called in for negotiation. Man No, one of the three representatives, claimed that the provincial authority and the fishery department, as well as the police department promise to raid these illegal Viet boats that catch fish inside Cambodian waters and affect the livelihood of the Cambodian people.
RFA attempted to meet with Mr. Sor Sarin, the chief of the Kampot fishery department, and Mr. Khuoy Khun Huor, the Kampot provincial governor, and his deputy to obtain a clarification on their [promised] intervention help as the Cambodian fishermen requested, but all of them declined to comment.
Mrs. Try Chhoon, the official of a human rights group in Kampot province, declared that the fishermen have protested for several years already about the illegal fishing conducted by the Viet boats inside Cambodian waters, but the authority and the fishery department seems to be afraid that problems could arise and they all act as if they never saw these illegal Viet fishing boats.
The protesting fishermen revealed that this is not their first time protesting. They have protested many times already, but nothing came out of them.
The protesters warned that if this time, the authority does not take action to raid these Viet boats that came to destroy Cambodia’s fishery with their modern equipments, they will go to Phnom Penh to protest in front of the National Assembly to seek for a resolution.
Friday, January 11, 2008
In all of 2007, Cambodia only seized one "small" illegal Vietnamese boat?
14 Ca Mau fishing boats detained by southern neighbors in 2007
Friday, January 11, 2008
Thanh Nien News
Friday, January 11, 2008
Thanh Nien News
Coastguards from Vietnam's southern most province of Ca Mau, said Wednesday that 14 fishing boats had been seized last year by other countries in the Southwest region of the East Sea.
One further vessel was missing, believed to have also been seized by a foreign navy.
The guards said Malaysia topped the list of countries confiscating Vietnamese vessels.
In total they seized 12 boats, with a total crew of 143 fishermen, during the year.
Thailand detained one Ca Mau vessel with 11 crew onboard and Cambodia seized a small boat and fined its crew US$150.
Malaysia has officially released 13 fishermen from the province this year.
A missing cuttle-fishing boat with a crew of 15 is thought to have been detained by a foreign navy, the Ca Mau coastguard reported.
One further vessel was missing, believed to have also been seized by a foreign navy.
The guards said Malaysia topped the list of countries confiscating Vietnamese vessels.
In total they seized 12 boats, with a total crew of 143 fishermen, during the year.
Thailand detained one Ca Mau vessel with 11 crew onboard and Cambodia seized a small boat and fined its crew US$150.
Malaysia has officially released 13 fishermen from the province this year.
A missing cuttle-fishing boat with a crew of 15 is thought to have been detained by a foreign navy, the Ca Mau coastguard reported.
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