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Figure ID – Of course, it is still fresh in our minds how the former Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Susi Pudjiastuti, blew up foreign fishing vessels.
The drowning was carried out as punishment for stealing Indonesian marine products.
Most of the sinking fishing boats are from Vietnam.
Now, like karma, Vietnamese fishermen can now only protest that their shellfish will be looted by China.
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Tensions are expected to escalate in the South China Sea.
The reason is that China imposed an annual summer ban on fishing in disputed waters in the South China Sea.
This policy invited protests from neighboring countries.
Launching the South China Morning Post, China said it would ban fishing activities in waters claimed by Beijing above the 12th parallel, including areas near Scarborough Shoal, Paracel Islands and Tonkin Bay, to conserve the reserves.
In response, fishing communities in Vietnam and the Philippines have urged their governments to take a strong position.
On Friday (05/08/2020), Vietnamese Foreign Ministry spokesman Le Thi Thu Hang said Hanoi rejected “unilateral decisions”.
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“Vietnam has asked China not to complicate the situation in the South China Sea,” it said in a statement.
“Vietnamese fishermen have all the rights to fish in waters under their sovereignty,” the Vietnam Fisheries Association said in a statement on its website earlier this week.
The association also added that the ban violates international law and Vietnamese sovereignty over the Paracel Islands.
In Manila, the local fisheries organization also asked the Philippine government not to give up “Chinese oppression”.
“The Philippine government must not waste time and wait for Chinese maritime officials to arrest our fishermen,” said Fernando Hicap, president of the National Federation of Small Fishing Organizations.
“They do not have the right and the moral authority to declare a fishing ban in order to preserve fish stocks in sea waters that they are not legally claiming, and they are massively destroying them through recovery activities.”
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Citing the South China Morning Post, Beijing claims 80% of the South China Sea, which is contested by neighboring countries, including Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia and Brunei.
China first introduced a seasonal ban on waters in 1999, saying it would help conserve fishery resources in one of the world’s largest fishing areas.
The waters provide food and employment for millions of people in neighboring countries, but overfishing and climate change threaten its sustainability.
This year’s ban comes at a time when tensions over fishing rights are mounting and observers warn that any wrong move can increase the risk of confrontation.
Last month, a Vietnamese fishing vessel sank after colliding with a Chinese Coast Guard vessel near the Paracel Islands, known in China as the Xisha Islands and in Vietnam as the Hoang Sa Islands. (*)
This article once appeared in cash with the title “China infuriates Vietnam and the Philippines, the risk of confrontation in the South China Sea is high”
