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NRK spoke yesterday about the Coast Guard and Fisheries Directorate which, on a weekend trip, collected around 800 baits that had been at sea for too long.
The fish and sea creatures found in the rats starved and rotted, or ate theirs to survive.
All 800 rods belong to the same shipping company, and the seizure is among the largest Directorate of Fisheries.
According to the Fisheries Directorate, some of the royal snails may have remained in the sea for up to nine months without being used. The crab legs may have been standing since December.
Leader Kjell Ingebrigtsen of the Norwegian Fisheries Association very much likes that the teeth have been open at sea for a long time without anyone being supervised.
– It’s scary. The fish enters and cannot leave. I am very pleased that the Fisheries Directorate is addressing this, he tells NRK.
I want to smoke
Ingebrigtsen believes it is obvious that the ropes should have been brought ashore when the fishing was completed.
You also want to change the rules to prevent those things from happening again.
Today, it is not mandatory to look for crab baits or royal snails that are released into the ocean. In king crab fishing, on the other hand, there is the so-called obligation to smoke.
– Of course, I think it should be a requirement for smoking. That some of these ticks have been running for a long time before Christmas is totally unacceptable.
Fisheries Minister Odd Emil Ingebrigtsen also wants to change the legislation to make it compulsory to care for these teenagers.
– It is absolutely correct as the fishermen say, says the Minister of Fresh Fisheries.
– That is also the intention of the legislation, and it is necessary to clarify it. That is clearly the intention of the Marine Resources Law; that you should not put equipment or use it in the sea without taking care of it. This is the ghost fishing we want to end, he says.
Here the teeth are stacked on the Coast Guard ship.
Photo: Directorate of Fisheries
Not punishable
Leaving the use at sea as it has done in this case is illegal, but not punishable.
Section 28 of the Marine Resources Act does not provide for a penalty in the form of fines or imprisonment.
Fisheries Minister Ingebrigtsen believes a clarification should be made in the legislation.
“It shouldn’t be that way, and I want to do something about it,” says Ingebrigtsen.
The blame for the crown crisis
The shipping company behind the crab bait statement says in a comment that:
– The shipping company is seriously affected by the corona crisis due to the failure of exports to, among others, Asia. The shipping company has not received notification of a decision by the authorities that the teeth should be removed before May 4.
When it comes to animal welfare, the shipping company believes that is precisely why they have worked hard to improve in terms of conserving marine resources.
