No irregularities found in Phuket fishing boat checks

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No irregularities found in Phuket fishing boat checks

By The Phuket News

 

Officials carried out random inspections on fishing boats at Rassada Pier. Photo: PR Dept

 

PHUKET: Officials from various local government agencies carried out random inspections on fishing boats at Rassada Pier yesterday looking for cases of illegal employment, working conditions and human trafficking in the fishery industry.

 

No irregularities were found during the course of the officials’ inspections.

 

At 3:30pm yesterday (July 24), Phuket Provincial Fisheries Office Chief Kowit Kao-ian assigned Paisarn Sukpunwan, head of the Administration Department at the Phuket Provincial Fisheries Office to inspect fishing boats at Rassada Pier for any irregularities including illegal employment, working conditions and human trafficking.

Read more at https://www.thephuketnews.com/no-irregularities-found-in-phuket-fishing-boat-checks-68007.php#1CqoDP6KL5B3CFWJ.99 

 

-- © Copyright Phuket News 2018-07-25

[LivinginKata]

How hard did the inspector check ?  Or was the usual lip service and a fat envelope in pocket. 

[cornishcarlos]

Must be a set up, those guys never normally get to wear a life jacket !!!

[petermik]

And we didn,t expect any irregularities to be found either.......

[petermik]

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[stevenl]

2 hours ago, cornishcarlos said:

Must be a set up, those guys never normally get to wear a life jacket !!!

Those are the kind of jackets that have been banned from Chalong now, only real life jackets.

 

And also at Chalong pier everybody is required to wear a life jacket.

[Oziex1]

I no longer buy Thai seafood products from the supermarkets in Australia, and don't consume in Thailand either.

[HiSoLowSoNoSo]

Are these the same fishing boats we can see daily using their bottom trawl nets just a couple of hundreds meters of Kata and Karon beaches? (think the trawl limits is 3 nautical miles from land) ?   

[observer90210]

Please, everything is fine in Thailand. Why do these awful farangs always make a fuss ? Our taxis at the airport are honest and efficient and have up top date taxi meter............ the jet ski entrepreneurs are at your service to please and satisfy with honest price.........our ladyboys polite and docile............our immigration officials work fast and efficiently to speed up your visa extention issues with no red tape..............our beaches are clean and cristaline (and if not, it's the farangs who pollute)....our currency is on a record low so for less of your foreign exchange you get more of our Baht....our police is honest and will treat you well as a farang or tourist or expat and will return your money if you forget it in any ladyboy bar.........please please....come spend your money in paradise in Thailand....

[strikingsunset]

42 minutes ago, observer90210 said:

Please, everything is fine in Thailand. Why do these awful farangs always make a fuss ? Our taxis at the airport are honest and efficient and have up top date taxi meter............ the jet ski entrepreneurs are at your service to please and satisfy with honest price.........our ladyboys polite and docile............our immigration officials work fast and efficiently to speed up your visa extention issues with no red tape..............our beaches are clean and cristaline (and if not, it's the farangs who pollute)....our currency is on a record low so for less of your foreign exchange you get more of our Baht....our police is honest and will treat you well as a farang or tourist or expat and will return your money if you forget it in any ladyboy bar.........please please....come spend your money in paradise in Thailand....

 

[strikingsunset]

Please Please stop,I can't stop laughing..............great post

[RT555]

Well of course not after the tea money exchanged hands. 

STAMP OF APPROVAL. 

[tryasimight]

5 hours ago, Oziex1 said:

I no longer buy Thai seafood products from the supermarkets in Australia, and don't consume in Thailand either.

Why? Most of the supermarket seafood in both Oz and Thailand is farmed produce.

[Retiredandhappyhere]

9 hours ago, LivinginKata said:

How hard did the inspector check ?  Or was the usual lip service and a fat envelope in pocket. 

Perhaps ALL the boats were sent a warning of the imminent inspection and then just three boats were RANDOMLY checked from the total number.  A similar system to the way raids on bars in Pattaya and elsewhere are operated, although in Pattaya's case the advance notice of raids appears to be selective, to ensure that those really targeted are the ones caught.

[Oziex1]

1 hour ago, tryasimight said:

Why? Most of the supermarket seafood in both Oz and Thailand is farmed produce.

You need to look deeper, the farmed fish and prawns are fed with protien made from the by catch from the vessels of the Thai fleet, no  sizes or species are spared. Theses are also the fleets accused of Human Rights abuses. 

[tryasimight]

9 minutes ago, Oziex1 said:

You need to look deeper, the farmed fish and prawns are fed with protien made from the by catch from the vessels of the Thai fleet, no  sizes or species are spared. Theses are also the fleets accused of Human Rights abuses. 

No worries.  Eat or not eat what you choose. 

[AdamTheFarang]

What about safety to prevent more disasters........no irregularities found.....maybe someone had binoculars......there are so many options.

[happy chappie]

10 hours ago, stevenl said:

Those are the kind of jackets that have been banned from Chalong now, only real life jackets.

 

And also at Chalong pier everybody is required to wear a life jacket.

And I bet your tub passed every test because your ship is ship shape matey.

[happy chappie]

Please tell us about what new precautions your dive company took.im gagging to know if it's safe down there.

[kannot]

14 hours ago, LivinginKata said:

How hard did the inspector check ?  Or was the usual lip service and a fat envelope in pocket. 

start 3,30 pm finish 3.35 pm

[ToddinChonburi]

They forgot to check for fishing crew.

[stevenl]

5 hours ago, happy chappie said:

And I bet your tub passed every test because your ship is ship shape matey.

 

4 hours ago, happy chappie said:

Please tell us about what new precautions your dive company took.im gagging to know if it's safe down there.

Maybe it is time you learned something about a topic before posting.

[TMNH]

21 hours ago, HiSoLowSoNoSo said:

Are these the same fishing boats we can see daily using their bottom trawl nets just a couple of hundreds meters of Kata and Karon beaches? (think the trawl limits is 3 nautical miles from land) ?   

Yes- you are  correct.

[wotsdermatter]

If you look at the shoulders of the two "fishermen" wearing "life jackets" they appear to be new and just been taken from a box/package.  To be fore warned is to be well prepared.  Are the jackets kept available for when a "surprise inspection" takes place then returned to be maintained in pristine condition until the next inspection comes around?  Just curious.