LABUAN: A Vietnamese fishing vessel with 10 men onboard was seized by a Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency for trespassing into Malaysian waters, 100 nautical miles from Labuan.
After half hour in prohibited pursuit, a MMEA's unit qualification KM Pemanggil cornered a boat, as well as escorted it to a MMEA bottom midnight, Monday.
The Vietnamese were brought prior to a court court, Tuesday, for remand sequence of seven days. According to their interpreter, they were perplexing to shun from a storm.
But MMEA Chief, Captain (Maritime) Wan Mat Wan Abdullah pronounced this was unlikely as they were perplexing to rush on seeing a unit craft.
"They were hold red handed fishing. Found inside a vessel were an assortment of freshly hold trevally, tuna, hammerjack, as well as food supplies competent for a few days," pronounced a maritime captain.
The total catch weighed no reduction than 1,000 kg as well as a vessel confiscated were valued during RM500,000.
The fishermen were hold in custody to facilitate investigation. If found guilty, a skipper could be fined up to RM1 million, whilst each of a crew not some-more than RM100,000.
They faced a assign of entering Malaysian territorial waters though permit released by a Malaysian Fisheries Department, under Malaysian Fishery Act 1985 Section 19.
The MMEA was! sensiti ve by a Labuan Seafood Industry of suspected unfamiliar fishing boats, somewhere in between Labuan as well as Layang-Layang atoll.
Fourteen officers as well as men on unit qualification KM Pemanggil were despatched to a location, withdrawal a Labuan base, Monday, during 5.00am.
The vessel was sighted during 10.15am, though tried to get divided as a unit qualification neared it.
MMEA successfully apprehended a vessel with a fishermen during 10.45am as well as escorted it to Labuan.
It was believed that 5 or 6 alternative unfamiliar fishing boats were around a area positioned as 06 degrees 11.74 minutes North latitude as well as longitude 114 degrees 24.89 minutes East.
This was about 85 nautical miles from Layang-Layang. The sea, here, with abyss of 2,000 feet is a rich fishing ground.
This was a initial incident of unfamiliar fishing vessel incursion under Labuan MMEA office for a year, though its third since it proposed operation in 2006. (DE)
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