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Caribbean-Latin America

Argentina fires on Chinese vessel 'fishing illegally'

2018-02-26

[FOX] BUENOS AIRES, Argentina ‐ Argentina's coast guard says it has opened fire on a Chinese vessel illegally fishing in its waters.

Nobody was reportedly injured and the Chinese fishermen were not detained.

The Argentine Naval Prefecture said in a statement that its guards fired on the Jing Yuan 626 on Thursday after the squid fishing vessel was caught in an exclusive economic zone.

The coast guard said Friday that four other boats sailing under the Chinese flag tried to prevent the capture of the vessel by attempting to collide with coast guard boats.

The operation was called off by Argentina's foreign ministry after the vessel was chased for nearly eight hours.

Earlier in the month, the coast guard said it had detained a Spanish ship carrying more than 705,000 pounds (320,000 kilos) of illegal fish.

Posted by:Besoeker

#3 The Argies weren't really trying. Given modern fire control systems, making a big hole in its hull should have been a gimme. The question is whether they were paid off or had very restrictive ROE's.

Posted by: Zhang Fei 2018-02-26 16:37

#2 It's squid, Skidmark.

They tend to group into enormous swarms during mating season (which could be now, but I don't follow the SquidBook® social pages enough to verify). The more nets you have in the water, the more you catch.

The ChiCom ships might have been coordinating their net placements to capitalize on that.

Posted by: Mullah Richard 2018-02-26 15:39

#1 four other boats sailing under the Chinese flag tried to prevent the capture of the vessel by attempting to collide with coast guard boats

Odd, I think, that they would be that close together while fishing.

Posted by: Skidmark 2018-02-26 08:31

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