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THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 1990

REMINDER ON ILLEGAL FISH MARKETING

THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT (AFD) IS WITH THE POLICE TO STEP UP PROSECUTION MARKETING ACTIVITIES IN THE TERRITORY.

MEN

CO-OPERATING

ACTION AGAINST ILLEGAL FISH

OF THE DEPARTMENT, MR RAYMOND FOLLOWING A RECENT COURT FINED $5,000 AT THE CENTRAL OF 2,605 KILOGRAMS OF MARINE

THE SENIOR FISHERIES OFFICER CHUNG, ISSUED A REMINDER TODAY (THURSDAY)

WERE EACH CASE IN WHICH THREE

TOTAL MAGISTRACY FOR TRANSPORTING A FISH WITHOUT PERMIT.

TWO OF THE DEFENDANTS WERE IMPRISONMENT SUSPENDED FOR TWO YEARS.

ALSO

SENTENCED TO THREE MONTHS'

IN ADDITION, ALL THE FISH SEIZED, VALUED AT MORE THAN WERE CONFISCATED.

$27,000,

JOINT THE THREE MEN WERE ARRESTED ON MAY 25 THIS YEAR DURING A

AFD TO COMBAT ILLEGAL FISH MARKETING OPERATION OF THE POLICE AND ACTIVITIES IN CAUSEWAY BAY.

THE

MR CHUNG SAID IT WAS HOPED THAT HEAVY PENALTIES IMPOSED BY

LAW ENFORCEMENT BY THE DEPARTMENT, COURT, TOGETHER WITH STRINGENT WOULD FURTHER DETER PEOPLE FROM BREACHING THE LAW.

AN OFFENCE UNDER THE MARINE FISH (MARKETING) ORDINANCE, IT IS

ON LAND OR IN THE TO TRANSPORT OVER 60 KILOGRAMS OF MARINE FISH

WITHOUT WATERS OF HONG KONG IN ANY VESSEL OTHER THAN A FISHING VESSEL

THE FISH A PERMIT. IT IS ALSO AN OFFENCE TO LAND MARINE FISH OUTSIDE MARKETING ORGANISATION WHOLESALE FISH MARKETS WITHOUT A PERMIT.

OFFENDERS ARE LIABLE TO A MONTHS' IMPRISONMENT.

MAXIMUM FINE OF

$10,000 AND SIX

DURING THE

PAST

18

PROSECUTIONS

то RELATING

MONTHS, ILLEGAL FISH

THERE WERE

MARKETING,

178

SUCCESSFUL

INVOLVING

195

DEFENDANTS.

TONNES OF

THE TOTAL FINE AMOUNTED TO $174,300. A TOTAL OF 55 MARINE FISH, VALUED AT ABOUT $599,000, WERE ALSO CONFISCATED.

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