Not long ago, the officials of the Iranian regime were busy denying the presence of Chinese fishers in Persian Gulf and Sea of Oman. But with the significant expansion of their presence, the regime had no choice but admit to the contracts made between Chinese fishers and Shilat (The fisheries company in South of Iran).
According to Mohammad Ali Hasanzadeh, i.e., the deputy of Ports and Maritime Organisation: “There is a long-term agreement between Chinese fisheries and our Shilat, which gives Chinese fishers the right to go to as deep as 200 meters in our waters”. (August 18th, 2018; Tasnim)
Which explains why the lives of many hard-working local fishers have been jeopardized in Iran, which the traitor mullahs of the regime clearly couldn’t care less about.
The current Foreign Minister of Rouhani’s government, Javad Zarif, said in a recent TV interview (August 26th, 2018): “All countries allow foreign fisheries to access their waters, when they can’t use them themselves.”. Which basically means that Chinese fishers have been given a free pass to do fish however they want in Iran’s waters, i.e., around Persian Gulf and Sea of Oman.
Chinese fisheries harvest large volumes, using industrial ships and high voltages of electricity which can damage many aquatic animals in even longer distances.
When Iranian fishers criticise such detrimental circumstances, all they get is threats from the regime authorities, saying that their interference with Chinese fishing will have their licenses ceased, which given the horrific inflation, local fishers try to avoid!
In a viral video of Iranian fishers, they are seen complaining about the extinction of aquatic animals in Persian Gulf, and how this has impacted their own lives too.
One fisher is heard saying: “It’s been awhile since the arrival of Chinese fishers to our waters; ever since, all our fishes have become completely extinct!”
Another one says: “Chinese fishers have been fishing, using the method of trawling, in our Bandar-e Jask (i.e., Jask Port)”.
Our local fishers have not only been deprived of their licenses, they now have to face an additional challenge which is the widespread presence of Chinese fishers who unlike themselves, are equipped with highly advanced equipment.
A fisher from Jask Port asks an interesting question in this regard: “If Jask has sufficient fishing resources, why haven’t our local fishers been granted their licenses yet?”
His co-worker adds: “It’s been 2-3 years since the arrival of Chinese fishers to Jask Port, and because of them, we can’t harvest as much anymore”.
Another fisher is also complainant about the fact that whilst they (i.e., local fishers) are held back from their licenses, Chinese fishers are being granted their license in as little as just a day.
From the arrival of Chinese fisheries, the insufficiency of harvests has become a major problem for our local fishers; so much so that they’ve had to close-down a 750-tonne refrigerator in the area, ever since.
Source » ncr-iran