National fishermen and fishermen associations in Ras Al Khaimah, Umm Al Quwain and Ajman confirmed that the picnickers in the northern areas of the country commit multiple violations, including theft of fish, illegal fishing, and illegal sale, pointing out that they compete with the Nokhitha citizen in the quay. The sea, and in the fish market.
Citizen fishermen said that cruise boats have become a profession of non-profession, and that they have become a threat to the fisherman citizen in his livelihood, because the citizen bears the costs of fishing, and pay fees to the competent authorities, while the fishermen picnic only to renew the license in return for high financial profits from repeated fishing trips daily .
Fishermen associations have taken measures to limit the excesses of pleasure boats, including the detention of a number of them as a result of legal and environmental violations.
In detail, local fishermen (Murr Kasin, Abdullah Al-Shehhi, and Khalid Abdulaziz) said that the pleasure boats were transformed into fishing boats, and that the national fisherman was competing in the profession, as if fishing had become a profession of the non-profession of the owners of the pleasure boats, who make great profits. -Compare with the profits of the citizen hunter.
They said that picnic boats steal the fish in the traps of the fishermen citizens at sea, and deliberately to destroy them, and expose the fisherman citizen to heavy losses, in addition to dragging the trails long distances, and cut the ropes, which is difficult for the fisherman citizen to find after returning to the sea.
They added that the citizen fisherman has become threatened in his profession, whether in the sea, or in the fish market, because the fisherman picnic sells fish at the lowest prices in agreement with the Asian labor, which exposes the citizen fisherman to large financial losses, demanding the competent authorities to tighten control on cruise boats in ports, Restrict cruises, inspect their boats to catch anything that is not allowed, especially the amount of fish before they reach the fish market and consumers.
Khalifa Al Muhairi, chairman of the Ras Al Khaimah Fishermen's Association, told Emirates Today that the association has spotted the hunters of cruise boats, yachts and fishing gear. They also grab and pull the upper ropes of the giraffes, causing them to be damaged and endangering the local fisherman.
He explained that the fishermen of the pleasure boats throw objects prohibited at sea, and use illegal means of fishing, such as chains in the bottom fishing. They also compete with local fishermen by exploiting their currency, paying small sums for their work on cruise boats, and selling fish in fish markets, as they are well-known workers in the market.
Al-Muhairi said that the law allows the picnic fisherman to catch limited quantities of fish, but the reality is that it competes with the citizen fisherman in his livelihood, where he hunts at least 200 domes, and 50 kanaad fish per trip, and put them for sale in the market, by Asian labor. Sometimes it is enough to be photographed and displayed on social media, in a kind of disregard for the citizen fisherman.
He explained that the fishermen's association in Ras Al Khaimah informs the competent authorities of the legal and environmental violations committed by pleasure boats, to take the necessary measures against them, and maintain the profession of grandparents and parents, pointing to the need to tighten control over ports in Ras Al Khaimah, and inspect the pleasure boats, to make sure not to catch large quantities Of fish, exceed the allowable amount.
He said that the pleasure boats go fishing more than once, and go out of the dawn and return at the end of the night, and in possession of large quantities of diverse fish, pointing out that they are not registered as fishermen, but they practice fishing.
For his part, said the President of the Fishermen Association in Umm Al Quwain, Jassim Humaid Ghanem, that «the Association tried to limit the competition of pleasure boats for fishing boats citizens, by imposing control on the port and fish market. A few days ago, the captain of a picnic boat was caught in the port of Marsa El-Midan while trying to hire a Nokhadha worker for a small amount of money to work with him on the boat.
He explained that the owners of picnic boats exploit Asian labor for 100 dirhams for the fishing trip, in order to enable them to sell their fish in the market by the knowledge of these workers and prior agreement between them, and continued that the picnic boats constituted a major obstacle to fishing boats belonging to citizens in the port, and that the Association has booked three picnic boats Due to its rapid entry into the port and causing damage and damage to fishing boats for citizens, the law prohibits pleasure boats from traveling at high speeds inside the port.
He added that the Association applied to the pleasure boats laws that apply to the citizen fisherman, and imposed regulatory measures on everyone, because of the violation of the pleasure boats multiple violations, including cleanliness of the place, and driving quickly, and forbidden fishing, and the withdrawal of Qaraqir fishermen citizens.
Ghanem pointed out that the association is monitoring the fish market, to control any sale of fish for pleasure boats. But despite the crackdown, the picnic fisherman sells his fish in secret, in agreement with Asian labor.
He said that there is no cost to the fisherman of the picnic, and he is fishing more fish than those hunted by the citizen fisherman. He receives a fee of 150 dirhams per person accompanying him, while catching fish worth more than 500 dirhams per person per fishing trip.
Ahmed Ibrahim Rashid Al-Ghamlasi, Chairman of Ajman Fishermen Cooperative Society, said that the association has strict control over the pleasure boats, where six citizens have been appointed Dalalin fish market, to ensure that the auction only fish Alnokathp citizens within the market, and do not sell any Is a fish that is supervised by the auctioneer.
"Despite the irregularities committed by pleasure boat fishermen, the association has self-censorship and controls the market and the auctioneer in a way that prevents the sale of illegal fish," he said.
Offers for fishing trips
The Emirates Today spotted the owners of picnic boats offers on social networking sites for fishing trips, prices ranging from 150 to 300 dirhams per person, according to the services provided by the owner of the boat, and publish pictures of fish caught in a clear competition for the citizen fisherman, and as a kind of plot, According to the president of Ras Al Khaimah Fishermen's Association, Khalifa Al Muhairi.