JAKARTA, Sept 30 (NNN-ANTARA) – Indonesia’s Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, said yesterday that, it has seized an illegal Malaysian-flagged fishing vessel, in Indonesian waters in the Straits of Malacca.
The captain and all the four crew members on board are Indonesians, it said.
The ministry’s Director-General of Marine Resources and Fisheries Supervision, Adin Nurawaluddin, said, the vessel was caught on Sunday, while poaching with prohibited trawler.
Data showed that since Jan, the Indonesian ministry has seized 48 foreign-flagged vessels, illegally fishing in Indonesian waters.– NNN-ANTARA
