Somali people have the rights for protection of their territorial waters under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea just as much as Australia and the rest of the world. Double standard Current Australian Pollution Laws - Penalty or Ransom Aggravated pollution offences carrying a maximum penalty of $1m for a corporation and $150.000 or 7 years imprisonment, or both, for an individual An offence of waste disposal if committed without lawful authority, wilfully or negligently, in a manner that harms or is likely to harm the environment; and an offence where a person without lawful authority, wilfully or negligently causes a substance to leak, spill or otherwise escape in a manner that harms or is likely to harm the environment - Penalty is $1m for a corporation and $250.000 and/or 7 years imprisonment for an individual I’m logging off now but we talk soon, I have signed your petition and more some, the fallowing I have written in a blog in mid June ******* Penalty for Illegal fishing in Australian territorial waters The FMA (Fisheries Management Act) provides Australian authorities such as Customs, the navy and AFMA broad powers to board and search a foreign vessel. Section 84(1)(a) of the FMA states: 84 Powers of officers; An officer may if the master does not stop the boat as required and the boat is not an Australian-flagged boat, use any reasonable means consistent with international law to stop the boat including firing at or into the boat... The reality has been that people found guilty of fishing offences are still imprisoned not directly from the offence, but because the offender is unable to pay the fine. Often this (fine may be $10,000 to $825,000) is a substantial amount of money if you are Chinese or Indonesian fishermen. Prisoner or Hostage. The Commonwealth is in breach of its obligations under United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). It is often the case, where fishermen have spent several weeks or months in prison before trial because the vessels owners have been unwilling or unable to post bail. Even when bail is posted, because the men have no visas, they can be immediately transferred to an immigration detention centre where they can be held indefinitely. It is time for the Somali people to mark their boats with the sign SFMA Somalia Fisheries Management Authorities and impose monetary penalties and imprisonment of foreign vessels and may burn them if they so wish the same as Australia do.... ~E J Harari~
Posted on: Sun, 30 Nov 2014 13:38:26 +0000
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