Three fishing trawlers detained<\/p>\n
JAKARTA: The Indonesian Navy have seized three Indonesian
\nfishing boats in the eastern waters of Banda Aceh for violating
\nregulations, the Navy's spokesman, First Adm. Franky Kayhatu
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
Kayhatu said in a statement made available to The Jakarta Post
\non Thursday that the three motorized vessels were identified as
\nKM Wijaya-843, KM Nalendra Raya Bhakti and KM Mustika Alam-10.<\/p>\n
The 215 gross tonnage (GT) KM Wijaya-843 vessel was discovered
\nto be operated by 22 crew members, consisting of three
\nIndonesians and 19 Thais.<\/p>\n
"This is not in line with fishing regulations which state that
\nthe crew members should be 15 Indonesians and 15 Thais," Kayhatu
\nsaid, adding that the crew members also used 30 mm fishing nets,
\ninstead of 50 mm as required by law.<\/p>\n
The 252-GT KM Nalendra RAya Bhakti-51 boat was operated by 19
\nIndonesians and three Taiwanese, he said, adding that the foreign
\nworkers did not have any working permits.<\/p>\n
The 100-GT KM Mustika Alam-10 vessel was operated by three
\nIndonesians and 24 Thais, who did not have working permits, he
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
The first two vessels were later detained at the Navy's base
\nin Tual, while the other boat was taken to Sorong, he added. --JP<\/p>",
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