Australian media said the Chinese fishermen looted the great barrier reef in Northern Great Barrier Reef fisheries resource fisheries resource | | | Chinese fishermen _ news

"Global times, mission Australia correspondent Li Jingwei, Betsy," "illegal fishermen are currently the plundering of fisheries resources in the northern waters of the great barrier reef". Australia News 5th reports great barrier reef fisheries issues become the subject of media attention, reports even said these illegal activities behind a Chinese gang.

Reported that the northern waters, including the great barrier reef, sea cucumber, abalone, sea turtles, sharks and thousands of tons of marine life were being plundered, looted the number has reached since the area 5 years ago as many as hundreds of foreign fishing boats were illegally fishing in scale not seen since. Considered by most residents of Papua New Guinea, in the Southeast port city of Merauke in Papua Province of Indonesia where the Chinese organized crime groups are behind cross-border illegal fishing.

The Australian Government believes that dried sea cucumbers increased from $ 10 to $ 30 per kg, is leading cause of soaring new round of illegal fishing. Head of the Australian fisheries management authority bide·wensiluowasi said: "the sea cucumber is a very valuable piece of food in China. We have confirmed that these seafood shipped to the Chinese mainland via Hong Kong. "It is estimated that the Asian market's annual demand of about 60 million US dollars to sea cucumbers.

"The price is what drives", wensiluowasi added, the Government paid no attention to the 2008 hunting sharks to get chopped up and peak, illegal fishing has also reached a similar size. He said that "residents of Papua New Guinea also has a fishing tradition, but they are only for their own consumption rather than for commercial purposes. "Our job is to prevent any illegal exploitation of fishery resources in the great barrier reef. ”

Local residents have said that they are now ready to take legal measures, protection of the ecological environment of waters near the pristine reefs. Aidemeng·tamuwoyi is a local scuba diver, he said that the situation is very tense, and even described by locals as "war at sea". "They come to plunder our fisheries resources, and we've depended on it for their livelihood. We want to solve this problem. ”

According to the global times report, Chinese fishing illegally in Australia do exist. Main causes has two a: first, local residents usually rarely eat sea cucumber and abalone,, and these in Chinese market is can sold good price, economic interests drove part people take adventure action; second, in fishing aspects Australia on captured of fisheries products are has strictly of size and weight limit, if violation are will was punishment, benefit Yu these protection measures, these area fisheries resources more rich.

It is reported that in late November last year, a large-scale joint operation against illegal fishing in the great barrier reef, police arrest 60 illegal catch fishermen and 7 boats and seized 1 ton of sea cucumber and 3 giant clam.

(Original title: Australian media said the Chinese fishermen for illegal fishing the great barrier reef "Declaration of war")

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January 06, 2014 Global times
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澳媒称中国渔民掠夺大堡礁北部渔业资源|渔业资源|大堡礁|中国渔民_新闻资讯

　　【环球时报驻澳大利亚特派记者 李景卫 贝茜】“非法渔民目前正在掠夺大堡礁北部海域的渔业资源”。澳大利亚新闻网5日的报道令大堡礁渔业问题成为澳媒体关注的话题，报道甚至称这些非法活动的幕后主使是华人黑帮。

　　报道称，大堡礁北部海域包括海参、鲍鱼、海龟与鲨鱼在内的成千上万吨海洋生物正在遭到掠夺，被掠数量已达到自5年前该海域遭到多达数百艘国外渔船非法捕鱼以来从未有过的规模。大部分巴布亚新几内亚居民认为，在印尼巴布亚省东南部港口城市马老奇出没的华人有组织犯罪集团是跨境非法捕鱼的幕后主使。

　　澳政府认为，干海参每公斤从10美元提高至30美元，是导致新一轮非法捕鱼规模飙升的原因。澳渔业管理局负责人彼得·温斯罗瓦斯称：“海参在中国是一种非常珍贵的美食。我们已经证实，这些海鲜会途经香港运抵中国内地。”据估计，亚洲市场对海参的年需求约为6000万美元。

　　“价格就是驱动器”，温斯罗瓦斯补充称，政府没有注意到2008年捕猎鲨鱼获取鱼翅达到顶峰后，非法捕鱼情况也曾达到相似的规模。他说，“巴布亚新几内亚居民也有捕鱼的传统，但他们只是为了自己消费，而不是出于商业目的。“我们的工作就是阻止任何非法掠夺大堡礁渔业资源的行为。”

　　当地居民已经表示，他们现在已经准备好采取法律措施，保护附近海域的原始珊瑚礁生态环境。埃德蒙·塔姆沃伊是一名当地潜水员，他说局势非常紧张，甚至被当地人形容为“海上战争”。“他们来到这里掠夺我们的渔业资源，而我们却靠此谋生。我们要解决这个问题。”

　　据《环球时报》记者了解，华人非法捕鱼的现象在澳大利亚的确存在。主要原因有两个：首先，当地居民平时很少吃海参和鲍鱼等，而这些在华人市场却能卖出好价钱，经济利益驱使一部分人采取冒险行动；其次，在捕鱼方面澳大利亚对捕获的渔业产品都有严格的尺寸和重量限制，如果违反都会遭到处罚，得益于这些保护措施，这些地区渔业资源较丰富。

　　据悉，去年11月底，在大堡礁的一次大规模联合打击非法捕鱼行动中，警方抓扣60名非法渔民及7艘渔船，并扣留了1吨海参和3只巨型蛤蜊。

(原标题：澳媒称大堡礁渔民要对非法捕鱼华人“宣战”)

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2014年01月06日02:35
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