REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- The Indonesian western fleet command has arrested three Vietnamese-flagged fishing boats caught poaching fish in the Natuna waters, Riau Islands province, on June 2, its spokesman Major Budi Amin said here on Friday.
The Vietnamese-flagged vessels - BV5339 TS, KM Zhuong Minh Soi and BV 90360 TS were caught by the command's warship KRI Oswald Siahaan-354 while operating in the Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone.
The Vietnamese flagged fishing boats were believed to have conducted illegal fishing in the waters under the Indonesian jurisdiction and carried no legitimate documents.
BV 5339 TS weighing 120 GT carried 28 crew members while KM Zhuong Minh Soi weighing 30 GT carried three crew and more than one ton of squid and BV 90360 TS weighing 60 GT carried four crew and mixed species of fish weighing around 60 tons.
The boats' crew and cargo have been taken to the Ranai naval base for a legal process.
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