(Manila Comprehensive) The Philippine Smart and Aquatic Resources Bureau refers to the use of cyanide fishing by Chinese and Vietnamese fishermen to destroy corals and marine resources of the Skobel shoal (China known as Huangyan Island).
Said Nazario Briguera, a spokesman for the Fish Fish Products Bureau, pointed out at a press conference on Saturday (February 17) that the fishermen of the Philippine fishermen witnessed the use of cyanide fishing in controversial waters and said that this was deliberately deliberately deliberately deliberatelyFor this, "aims to destroy the shallow beach of Scarberg and prevent or prevent the Philippine fishing vessels from obtaining rich marine resources there."
He emphasized that the consequences of this improper behavior are very serious, which will destroy marine resources and affect the marine ecosystem."When you use poison, it is not only the target fish, but also the fry and coral will die. This not only harms the Philippine marine resources, but also causes damage to the waters of other countries, because our ocean is connected, and the sea water will flow.Western flow will affect each other. "
He said that this approach is an obvious case of illegal, unprocessed and unavailable fishing, and also violates international treaties including the United Nations Marine Law Convention.
He also said that the official has not evaluated the amount of amount caused by the use of cyanide fishing, but the conservative estimation of the loss of more than 1 billion peso (about S $ 24 million).
The Philippine Coast Guard spokesman Tarira pointed out that destroying the marine environment is not only an attack on a national sovereignty, but also an attack on all human beings.
He reminded that if any country, including China, do this, will not only be affected by the Philippines, but the diversity of global marine life will also be far -reachingly affected, so it is necessary to take action to involved.
China re -arrange the floating barrier
In addition, Tarira accused Chinese ships accusing Chinese ships taking "dangerous" moves on Skobel's shallow beach, preventing the Philippine vessels from transporting supplies to the Philippine fishermen, and reopening the floating barrier there.
He said, a number of ships including Chinese naval ships and sea police ships, on February 15th and 16th, "Datutanblot" on the Fish Industry Bureau near the Skobler Sky(Datu Tamblot) ship.At that time, Datutan Blot was transporting food and fuel to the Filipino fishermen; during the period, it had sent radio with China many times to point each other to invade the sea of its territorial sea. The Chinese maritime police ship also crossed Datutan BlotThe hull of the number stops on the channel, and it is briefly prevented from moving forward.
Tarila said: "Any ship is not allowed to cross the head of another ship. This is very dangerous and may collide." He also said that the Philippine Coast Guard noticed on February 15 that the China Sea was noticed on February 15 that the China Sea was noticed that the China SeaThe police once again set up a floating barrier in the waters near Skobel, and two maritime police ships and a number of speedboat were parked at the entrance of the lagoon to protect the floating barrier.
In September last year, the Philippine Coast Guard patrolled a floating barrier in the waters near the shallow beach of Scarberry.A few days later, the President of the Philippines instructed the Coast Guard to launch a "special action" to remove these floating barriers.
The Chinese and Philippine ships have repeatedly confronted the seas with sovereignty disputes in the recent seas. Martis instructed the Philippine Coast Guard on Saturday to continue the deployment of ships in the Western Philippines.The Filipino fishermen are exempted from Chinese harassment and invasion.
