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The Chilean Navy keeps an eye on the movements of about 330 ships that make up the Chinese megafleet discovered just 400 nautical miles from Chilean waters, after advancing along the coasts of Ecuador and Peru. According to a Directemar spokesperson, the Navy will make arrests in the event of surprising foreign vessels fishing in the Exclusive Economic Zone. “It corresponds to the seizure of the ship (…) and later all the antecedents and the corresponding complaint are taken to the Judicial Power,” said Lieutenant Simón Stuven, according to radio Bío Bío.
The General Directorate of the Maritime Territory and Merchant Marine is the high-level body of the Chilean Navy whose mission is to ensure compliance with current laws and international agreements, to provide safety to navigation.
The mega fishing fleet under the Chinese flag, According to the Oceana environmental foundation, it was seen in the exclusive economic zones of Ecuador between the mainland and the Galapagos Islands, after periodic monitoring it was detected that many of the vessels have turned off their Automatic Identification Systems (AIS), which could be an indication of illegal behavior, such as the crossing of the maritime borders of some nations in the southern cone. Despite having left the area, the fleet continues its route through South America and, according to recent analysis of satellite images from the same organization, It was evidenced that they are already at the limit of the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of Peru and 400 nautical miles northeast of the Chilean EEZ.
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