Hej
I dagens Prachatai kan man läsa att juntans NCPO har beslutat att ge dom illegala fiskebåtar som saknade licens för fiske eller fiskade olagligt av anda skäl 228.4 miljoner baht i kompensation till dom 4 800 fiskebåtar som har drabbats av juntans tillslag mot det olagliga fisket, förmodligen helt logiskt i Thailand?
Dom båtar som fiskar lagligt och har licens har ju drabbats av ekonomiska förluster p.g.a det olagliga fisket får ingen kompensation alls, bara dom som har brutit mot lagen kompenseras.
Crime Does Pay
Submitted by prachatai on Thu, 15/10/2015 - 12:24
It is reported that the policy steering committee of the National Council for Peace and Order has sent a proposal on fisheries for the approval of the Cabinet (which contains a number of NCPO members). The idea is to pay 228.4 million baht in compensation to 4,800 fishing boats that have been operating without a licence or with illegal fishing gear.
These boats, whose past shenanigans are why the European Union is threatening to close its market to all Thai seafood exports, have not been able to fish, illegally or otherwise, since a government clampdown a few weeks ago. So the government thinks the owners deserve compensation for halting their criminality and obeying the law.
Another 2,658 boats may also be compensated at an estimated further cost to the taxpayer of 291 million baht. It is hoped that the boat-owners, whose adherence to law and morality is demonstrated by their past behaviour, will use this money to get proper licences and buy legal gear. It has not been mentioned in newspaper reports whether their illegal gear has been confiscated.
The money will be disbursed, we are told, by naval officers in the Command Centre for Combating Illegal Fishing. So that’s alright then.
Artisanal fishers, meanwhile, whose catches have been devastated by the illegal trawlers, will get nothing.
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