MOSCOW, July 6 (AVN) - Experts of the Federal Border Guard Service (FBGS) have analysed activities of the FBGS naval guard and found out that it worked poorly in the first half of 2001, a source in the FBGS told the Military News Agency on Friday.
The guard fined 14 percent of the inspected vessels, while current data shows that there are much more violators, the source said. Patrol vessels' activity at control points and posts are marked by low efficiency and poor application of new tactical methods of violator search and interception, he stressed.
Commanders of patrol vessels neglect marking and secrecy rules while surveying the territory and staffs do not maintain the required confidentiality of planning patrol routes and posts of control over fishing vessels, the source said.
The source stressed that the naval guard failed to establish needed interaction with other departments and bodies. For instance, it gets data concerning quotas on fishing and obtainment of sea biological resources from the State Fishing Committee very late. As a result, the naval guard has a blurred image on the volume of obtained fish and sea products and cannot always tell what vessels exceeded the quotas.
The naval guard suffers from acute lack of sailors and is unable to control vast marine spaces thoroughly. Thus, the North-eastern regional border guard department has only one patrol boat for 100 fishing vessels. As a result, over 35 percent of vessels can only be checked by inspectors of the State Naval Inspection, which does not ensure full compliance to the fishing rules.