webfact Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 Songkhla association welcomes Cabinet approval of compensation scheme for decommissioned trawlers By Santiparp Ramasut The Nation Songkhla Fisheries Association head Suradech Nilubon on Tuesday thanked the Cabinet for recently approving a project to pay compensation to the owners of 305 so-called “white-red” trawlers. The vessels in question had been declared as no longer fishing since April 2015, due to higher costs and risk factors after Thai authorities imposed tough regulations on trawler operators. Twenty-four of the 305 boats, “which were legal but voluntarily out of the system as they couldn’t cope with impacts [of the regulations]”, were from Songkhla, he said. Under the Cabinet-approved project, 50 per cent of a vessel’s value will be paid to each boat owner so that they could use the lump sum to invest in doing other work. Officials will contact the boat owners to sign a contract to receive the compensation, and the boats would then be demolished, but the whole process would take some time for the government to prepare, as it first has to set payment guidelines and find an appropriate boat-destruction method, Suradech added. Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30366103 -- © Copyright The Nation 2019-03-20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YetAnother Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 2 hours ago, webfact said: Under the Cabinet-approved project, 50 per cent of a vessel’s value will be paid to each boat owner so that they could use the lump sum to invest in doing other work. no problem, seems they are currently useless and therefore valueless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisY1 Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 This is just another legal scam....some will make plenty, some will get jack! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srikcir Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 6 hours ago, webfact said: they could use the lump sum to invest in doing other work Jet-Ski scams? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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