{"id":6568,"date":"2015-08-12T17:35:34","date_gmt":"2015-08-12T16:35:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/?p=6568"},"modified":"2022-09-05T10:26:51","modified_gmt":"2022-09-05T09:26:51","slug":"palau-sharks-fishing-burning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2015\/08\/palau-sharks-fishing-burning\/","title":{"rendered":"Palau Is burning illegal fishing boats to protect ecotourism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/l0iZvCjWEhM\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Palau has started to take extreme measures to protect its marine resources. Recently the island&#8217;s president ordered its one police boat to first tow four Vietnamese fishing boats out to sea, and then to set them on fire.\u00a0The boats has been caught fishing in the island nation\u2019s waters, which it closed in March 2014 to all commercial fishing as part of a\u00a0move to protect 230,000 square miles of ocean and create one the world\u2019s largest marine sanctuaries. before burning the boats the crew were released, although the captains were taken into custody and face up to $1m in fines.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPalau is simply no longer an option when it comes to poaching,\u201d president Remengesau said. \u201cThis message goes to the captain and crews of these vessels. Palau guarantees you will return with nothing. Captains will be prosecuted and jailed. Boats will be burned. Nothing will be gained from poaching in Palau. From one fisherman to another, respect Palau.\u201d<\/p>\n<h6>In Brief<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li>Before the ban, commercial fishing was worth\u00a0$5m annually or 3.3% of Palau&#8217;s GDP.<\/li>\n<li>Since establishing the sanctuary,\u00a0Palau police have captured 15 Vietnamese fishing boats in its territorial waters.<\/li>\n<li>Indiscriminate fishing practices often catch sharks as bycatch, damaging Palau&#8217;s main revenue earner its\u00a0$85m dive tourism industry<\/li>\n<li>A 2010 Australian study calculated that shark divers bring Palau $18m per year, with each swimming shark worth $1.9m in diving and tourism.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6>In Depth<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.takepart.com\/article\/2015\/06\/16\/tiny-island-nation-burning-illegal-fishing-boats-prove-point\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Read the original article on Take Part<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sharktrustuk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Follow The Shark Trust<\/a> on Twitter<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Download the report &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pewtrusts.org\/~\/media\/legacy\/uploadedfiles\/wwwpewtrustsorg\/reports\/protecting_ocean_life\/Palaueconomicanalysisforsharkspdf.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The relative value of reef sharks as a\u00a0fishery and an ecotourism asset in Palau<\/a>&#8220;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pacific island is taking extreme measures to protect the ecotourism and diving industry that is its main source of sustainable revenue<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":6570,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[268,16,130,258,267,140],"tags":[475],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Palau is burning illegal fishing boats to protect ecotourism<\/title>\n<meta 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