Mainland China Maritime Police Ship drove away from a Taiwanese fishing boat in the waters of Penghu.
The Taiwan Maritime Patrol Agency issued a press release on Saturday (July 20) saying that Taiwan's "Changhua Ship" was found on Friday (19th) and found that the "Maritime Police 14504" official ship in Mainland China was in PenghuAt 48.2 nautical miles (89.3 kilometers) in the West of Huayu, the Penghu fishing vessels who are working in the operation are driven away.
The Taiwan Patrol Department immediately dispatched a sea cruiser Changhua ship to respond, and broadcast to the mainland maritime police ship, requiring not to interfere with the fishing vessel operation until the mainland maritime police ship was surveillance from the West Airlines from West Airlines.After the mainland maritime police officer left, the Changhua ship continued to cruise in the surrounding waters.
The Taiwan Maritime Patrol Department emphasized that the sea patrol ships are carefully planned to plan the work of the sea ships in accordance with the "government fishing standard operations and procedures" to ensure the safety of fishermen's operations.
However, the Fishermen of the Taiwan Freedom Times quoted the Penghu fishing vessels that after being driven away by the maritime police ship of mainland China on the same day, it was asked by the Changhua ship to leave the net to return to Huoyu.Driving away from the mainland maritime police ship.
In this regard, the Taiwan Maritime Patrol Agency had denied the accusation of the fishermen on Friday and emphasized that it was not broadcast that the Penghu fishermen had left.
The Taiwan Strait Patrol Department emphasized that in order to ensure the safety of fishermen's operations, the Fleet Branch plans to patrol the large ships and the Penghu sea patrol team in the waters of the fishermen in Penghu, to curb the interference of Taiwan's fishing vessels in mainland China.