Pham Van works with the forest rangers about his violations.
The Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province announced on October 6 that they had just issued a fine of VND137.50 million to a local man, Pham Van, for illegally fishing in the marine protected area at the Con Dao National Park.
Van, 35, was caught red-handed at 10.20 pm on September 28 when the park forest rangers were patrolling along the area near Bay Canh Islet. Checking his home-made raft, forest rangers found five kilos of snails which did not belong to the rare or critically endangered species.
Van uses a home-made raft for catching snails at the park.
Van said that he did not have a boat driving license certificate and he made the raft himself and sailed it to Hon Bay Islet to catch snails.
Van failed to follow instructions by the forest rangers to stop his raft and fled.
