Yeosu Coast Guard, Foreign National Crew Members Caught Repeatedly for Unlicensed Navigation Offenses

Marine Criminal Investigation Team Conducts Intensive Crackdown on Maritime Safety Violations, 7 Cases Detected in Succession

[Yeosu=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Cheol-hoon] Yeosu Maritime Police Station (Chief Park Je-su) announced on the 16th that "during the intensive crackdown on maritime safety offenders, fishing vessels showing safety negligence such as unlicensed operation have been repeatedly caught."

According to Yeosu Maritime Police, the Maritime Criminal Team (Criminal Division 2) launched an intensive crackdown on maritime safety offenders in the second half of the year starting in July. On the 12th, they caught A (55 years old), the owner of a 22-ton fishery management vessel, and B (44 years old), a Vietnamese foreign crew member, for violating the Ship Crew Act while managing a gillnet fishery without a maritime officer license by employing foreign crew members in the waters east of Dolsan Island, Yeosu.

Earlier, on the 6th, C (65 years old), who managed a gillnet fishery by hiring an unqualified captain in violation of crew standards near Gyedong Port, Dolsan, was also caught. So far, a total of seven safety-violating fishing vessels have been detected.

The Ship Crew Act stipulates that anyone who serves as a ship crew member without recognized qualifications, those who employ such unqualified crew, and those who violate crew standards by employing maritime officers without proper qualifications shall be punished by imprisonment for up to one year or a fine of up to 10 million won.

A Yeosu Maritime Police official said, "Safety incidents continue to occur on fishery management vessels that frequently go out to sea without reporting entry and exit," adding, "Since safety is a promise everyone must keep, we plan to continue strong crackdowns to eradicate safety-violating acts on fishery management vessels."

Yeosu=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Cheol-hoon hss79@asiae.co.kr

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