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DGNP operations aid in the capture of two vessels The satellite monitoring system for vessels has become an efficient tool for the detection of ships entering the RMG without permission.  The fishing boat "Don Alvaro" was intercepted by the Sea Ranger 10 of the DGNP within the Galapagos Marine Reserve. In the early hours of Thursday, February 11, the satellite monitoring system for the Directorate of the Galapagos National Park alerted park rangers to the presence of the fishing boat “Don Alvaro” within the Galapagos Marine Reserve, on the southeast side of the protected area . Immediately, the speed boat “Sea Ranger 10”, set out from Puerto Baquerizo Moreno, to intercept the violating vessel. Approximately 38 miles south of the island Española, while sailing towards the outside of the GMR, the staff of the “Sea Ranger 10” in joint action with Navy officials, boarded and inspected the boat “Don Alvaro”, registration P-04-00-772, using purse seine for fishing operations, the company whose owner is GEOPAXI S.A.. The boat and point of departure was registered in the Port of Manta, on January 7, 2010, with 20 people in its crew, among them Ecuadorians, Peruvians and Colombians. The ship and crew were escorted to Puerto Baquerizo Moreno to await orders from the competent authorities. At the port inspection, it was confirmed that the boat had six warehouses for storing fish. In one warehouse approximately fifteen tons of swordfish and “barriletes” were calculated. Another minor boat is detained From Puerto Velasco Ibarra, Floreana Island, the rangers of the “Sea Ranger 7”, and an official of the Navy, sailed to intercept a ship that was south of the island Floreana, according to data provided by the satellite monitoring base of the DGNP in Santa Cruz. At 16 miles, park rangers found one “espinel” (fish trolling device) of about 300 meters in the water, a device banned from use within the GMR, which was attached to the “fibra” Anahí, with three crew on board. The crew claimed to be part of the crew of the fishing vessel “Andro II” of the city of Manta, but they did not provide documents. The “fibra” (small fiber-glass bottom boat), fishing gear and crew were transported to Puerto Velasco Ibarra, and then to Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz, to await orders from the authorities. DGNP takes action Once the Directorate of the Galapagos National Park knew of these actions and received reports from each of the control operatives, it initiated the administrative processes and places corresponding to the violations of the invasion of the protected area, as indicated in Article 68 of the Organic Law of the Special Regime for the Conservation and Sustainable Development of the province of Galapagos, which refers to penalties for unauthorized fishing.
Prepared by Galapagos National ParkPublic Relations Process For more information, email as at: comunicacion@spng.org.ec
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