厄瓜多爾對在加拉巴哥群島海岸對開的龐大中國漁船隊保持警惕

Yahoo News on 30 July 2020 carried a BBC report as follows:

Ecuador on alert over huge Chinese fishing fleet off Galapagos Islands

Ecuador is on alert due to the appearance of a huge fleet of mostly Chinese-flagged fishing vessels off its Galapagos Islands.

Patrols are trying to ensure the fleet - which is made up of around 260 vessels - does not enter the delicate eco-system from international waters.

Chinese vessels travel to the region each year in search of marine species.

In 2017, a Chinese vessel was caught in the marine reserve with 300 tonnes of wildlife, most of it sharks.

"We are on alert, [conducting] surveillance, patrolling to avoid an incident such as what happened in 2017," Ecuadorean Defence Minister Oswaldo Jarrin told reporters.

There was no immediate comment from the Chinese authorities when contacted by BBC News.

Ecuador 'allows US military planes to use Galapagos island airfield'

The ex-mayor of Quito, Roque Sevilla, told The Guardian that a "protection strategy" was being designed for the islands.

"Unchecked Chinese fishing just on the edge of the protected zone is ruining Ecuador's efforts to protect marine life in the Galápagos," he said.

President Lenin Moreno has said that Ecuador will hold consultations with other Latin American countries with a coastline on the Pacific - Colombia, Peru, Chile, Panama and Costa Rica - in order to form a joint regional position concerning the "threat".

"Because of that [natural] wealth in that area, we suffer immense pressure from international fishing fleets," he was reported as saying in El Universo newspaper.

The Galapagos Marine Reserve boasts large numbers of shark species, including endangered whale and hammerheads.

The Galapagos Islands are a Unesco World Heritage site renowned worldwide for their unique array of plants and wildlife.

Charles Darwin made observations critical to his theory of evolution on the islands.

Translation

厄瓜多爾因此在加拉帕戈斯群島 (Galapagos Islands) 附近出現的一支由大多數掛着中國旗的漁船組成的龐大船隊而保持了警惕。

巡邏隊正在努力確保由大約260艘船組成的船隊不會從國際水域進入加拉帕戈斯群島的脆弱的生態系統。

中國船隻每年前往該地區尋找海洋物種。

2017年，一艘中國船隻在海洋保護區被捕，裡面有300噸野生生物，其中大多數是鯊魚。

厄瓜多爾國防部長奧斯瓦爾多·賈林（Oswaldo Jarrin）告訴記者：“我們處於戒備狀態，正在(進行)監視, 巡邏以避免發生類似2017年的事件。”

英國廣播公司新聞聯繫中國當局時，它沒有立即發表評論。

厄瓜多爾“允許美軍飛機使用加拉帕戈斯島機場”

基多市前市長塞維利亞（Roque Sevilla）告訴《衛報》，正在為這些島嶼制定一項“保護戰略”。

他說：“中國在保護區邊緣的無節制捕魚正在破壞厄瓜多爾保護加拉帕戈斯群島海洋生物的努力。”

列寧·莫雷諾總統說，厄瓜多爾將與其他在太平洋沿岸的拉丁美洲國家進行磋商，即哥倫比亞，秘魯，智利，巴拿馬和哥斯達黎加，以便就“威脅”形成一個聯合的區域立場。

據El Universo報導，他說：“由於該地區的[自然]財富，我們承受著國際捕魚船隊的巨大壓力。”

加拉帕戈斯海洋保護區擁有大量鯊魚種類，包括瀕臨滅絕的鯨魚和鎚頭鯊。

加拉帕戈斯群島是聯合國教科文組織世界遺產，因其獨特的植物和野生動植物而聞名世界。

查爾斯·達爾文（Charles Darwin）曾提出對這群島的觀察, 對他的進化論至關重要。

              So, the Chinese fishermen were focusing their attention on the ocean resource off the coast of the Galapagos Islands.