Two Honolulu-based commercial fishing companies have been ordered to pay civil fines after they discharged oily bilge waste into the Pacific Ocean.

Under a settlement reached with the U.S. Department of Justice and the Coast Guard, Triple Dragon LLC, its company manager and its vessel operator have been ordered to pay fines totaling $25,500 for violations of the Clean Water Act and the Coast Guard’s spill prevention and pollution control regulations.

The other company, Capt. Millions III, its manager and its vessel operator were ordered to pay fines totaling $22,000 for the same violations.

The Justice Department and Coast Guard claimed the companies “routinely pumped a mixture of fuel oil, lubricating oils, water and other fluids from the vessels’ engine room bilges into the Pacific Ocean rather than retain the waste on board.”

Under the settlement, the companies agreed to implement corrective measures that include repairing the vessels to reduce the quantity of oily waste generated during a fishing voyage; provide crew members training on the proper handling of oily wastes; document proper oily waste disposal; and submit compliance reports to the Coast Guard and the Justice Department.