The 2024 South China Sea off-season fishing moratorium will end at 12:00 on August 16, and fishermen will start a new round of fishing operations. In the past few days, the fishermen have also begun to get busy, making final preparations for the opening of the sea.
The reporter saw at the step-level wharf of Shatian Port, Shatian Town, Hepu County, that after more than three months of silence, the place has returned to its former liveliness, and the fishermen have returned to the fishing boats one after another, busy loading oil and water for the fishing boats, doing the last material supply work before going to sea, and doing the final finishing of fishing nets and fishing gear and the maintenance of fishing boats. The joy of the upcoming fishing season was on everyone's face.
Fisherman: Brother Fu
"When we are ready to go to sea, we have to prepare oil, water, vegetables, grains, and ice, and we must do a good job of them together, hoping that we can go to sea with full fish and shrimp. We generally go to sea once in 2~3 days. ”
Fisherman Master Lin
"I hope that everyone will go smoothly and return with a full load, catch more seafood and come back, and everyone will taste fresh."
Investigation of potential safety hazards of fishing vessels
Equally busy are the staff of the Agricultural and Rural Revitalization Service Center of Shatian Town, Hepu County, who investigated the potential safety hazards of fishing boats, focusing on checking the integrity of fire extinguishers and the equipment of lifebuoys.
Director of the Agricultural and Rural Revitalization Service Center of Shatian Town, Hepu County
"Before fishing boats go to sea, we standardize the procedures for posters to be issued by fishing boats, strictly implement the ship safety inspection system, improve fishermen's awareness of safe production, strengthen safety education and training, implement the ship repair and maintenance system, deal with ship failures in a timely manner, and ensure that fishing boats are intact. In the next step, we will strengthen the control of fishing vessels, strengthen the safety management of fishing vessels at sea, strictly investigate and deal with all kinds of illegal fishing behaviors, maintain order and stability at sea, and ensure the safety of marine fishery production. ”
The open sea is ready
It is understood that the 2024 South China Sea off-season fishing period will end at 12 o'clock on August 16, and fishermen will usher in a new round of fishing.
Source: Listen to Beihai, Hepu Rong Media Center