Thread: Ecuador prison for Chinese fishers caught in Galapagos

Go Ecuador!

With the ship you confiscated looking like theirs, you should be able to sneak up and ram the fuckers amidships!

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrr!

A court in Ecuador sentenced the crew of a Chinese ship caught fishing endangered sharks in the Galapagos marine reserve to prison terms on Sunday.

The Chinese-flagged Fu Yuan Yu Leng 999 was caught within the protected zone on August 13 with 300 tonnes of fish -- including some 6,000 sharks, mostly protected species such as the hammerhead and the bigeye thresher.

The court announced on the third day of the trial against the crew that it was sentencing the ship captain to four years prison for committing an environmental crime with aggravating circumstances.

The ship's three top officers got three years prison, while the 16 other crew members were jailed for one year.

The court also ordered the crew to pay $5.9 million to the Galapagos National Park.

It's unclear if the Chinese crew will appeal the sentence.

"After the enormous indignation we felt, this will definitely compensate for the damage caused because a historic precedent has been set," park director Walter Bustos told AFP upon hearing the sentence.

The 138,000 square-kilometer reserve, a sanctuary for sharks, has been designated by UNESCO as a World Heritage site.

Some 27,000 people live on the 19 Galapagos islands, located in the Pacific some 1,000 kilometers off Ecuador's coastline.

The Galapagos is famous for its unique flora and fauna studied by Charles Darwin as he developed his theory of evolution.

"Zero tolerance for environmental crimes!" tweeted Ecuador's Environment Minister Tarcisio Granizo.

The Chinese ship has been confiscated and will be held in service to the Galapagos park, Granizo said.

Galapagos residents have been protesting what they say is a fleet of 300 Chinese fishing vessels located in international waters just outside the marine reserve.

https://www.afp.com/en/news/2265/ecu...ught-galapagos

A fin for a fin.

Fine for a chin and a little time. Seems reasonable to me.


fish out.

Let's see how it pans out...Sign of things to come as we slowly run out of food?...

Yep, they'll be pillaging the Coral Sea soon. And all those pristine places around Indonesia.

Good on Ecuador but they deserved more prison time.

Maybe Ecuador could subcontract Green Peace to patrol the waters for them?

Donate the captured fishing boat and give them some water canons?

Originally Posted by BaitongBoy

Let's see how it pans out...Sign of things to come as we slowly run out of food?...

Yup. Feed the Chinese to the poor.

Originally Posted by BaitongBoy

Let's see how it pans out...Sign of things to come as we slowly run out of food?...

There is probably enough food we simply have to eat a little bit less and not be so wasteful!

Originally Posted by Luigi

Originally Posted by BaitongBoy

Let's see how it pans out...Sign of things to come as we slowly run out of food?...

Yup. Feed the Chinese to the poor.

Soyrent Gleen!

Originally Posted by Luigi

Originally Posted by BaitongBoy

Let's see how it pans out...Sign of things to come as we slowly run out of food?...

Yup. Feed the Chinese to the poor.

You have any good recipes ?

^ Harry has the patent already...555...

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

Originally Posted by Luigi

Originally Posted by BaitongBoy

Let's see how it pans out...Sign of things to come as we slowly run out of food?...

Yup. Feed the Chinese to the poor.

Soyrent Gleen!

ROR.

Originally Posted by kmart

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

Originally Posted by Luigi

Originally Posted by BaitongBoy

Let's see how it pans out...Sign of things to come as we slowly run out of food?...

Yup. Feed the Chinese to the poor.

Soyrent Gleen!

ROR.

Sometime I bruddy hiralious.

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

Soyrent Gleen

Is it worth watching?

problem with eating Chinese is half hour later you hungry again.

not that it matters there is billions of em I suppose.