Indonesia's navy set to sink two more IUU fishing boats
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [The Jakarta Post] By Nani Afrida - December 22, 2014 -
Despite complaints from neighboring countries, The Indonesian Navy was scheduled to sink two more ships on Sunday at Laha, Teluk Ambon, Maluku, Navy spokesman Commodore Manahan Simorangkir said.
"The ships have gone through legal procedures at the court in Ambon and their owners were found guilty of stealing fish from Indonesian waters.
"The ships were flying the Papua New Guinean flag but the crew were all Thai," Navy Maj. Eko Budimansyah, spokesman for Lantamal IX Naval Base in Ambon, told the Post, adding that the vessels carried 63 tons of fish and shrimp.
The Navy arrested 62 crewmen, several of who were turned over to immigration, in the raids.
The vessels will be the fourth and fifth ships sunk by Indonesia in the three months since President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo took office.
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