Malaysian-flagged boats secluded over illegal fishing at Malacca Strait in Indonesia

It must be a matter of concern for all of us. Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Ministry detained a Malaysian-flagged fishing vessel conducting illegal fishing activity in Indonesia's Fisheries Management Area (WPPNRI) 571 at the Malacca Strait. "Our officers managed to arrest a Malaysian-flagged illegal fishing vessel SLFA 5219 with a trawler," Director General of Marine and Fishery Resources Surveillance (PSDKP) Adin Nurawaluddin noted in his official statement here on Wednesday. Furthermore, Nurawaluddin was revealed, the authority has also detained four Indonesians who were the captain and crew members of the vessel. The arrest has demonstrated that Indonesian fishermen were still conducting illegal fishing aboard foreign vessels in the Indonesian seas. Prior to the detention on September 26, 2021, the Shark 17 Patrol Ship had to chase down the perpetrators. The director general informed that currently the boat and its crew members were ...