THE maritime enforcement agencies caught two foreign fishing vessels along with 38 crew members yesterday morning for conducting illegal fishing in Brunei Darussalam Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ).
The vessels attempted to flee by cutting off their fishing apparatus and left them in the water. Despite that, the maritime enforcement agencies managed to board both vessels for investigation, according to a statement from the Ministry of Defence.
The boarding team then searched the vessels and discovered five crew on one of the vessels and 33 on the other, with fishing equipment.
Investigations revealed that the location of the fishing vessels was well within Brunei EEZ, according to the statement.
The foreign fishing vessels were escorted to the Marine Police Jetty and handed over to the Fisheries Department at about 7pm last night.
One of the foreign fishing vessels detained in Brunei’s Exclusive Economic Zone. – MINDEF
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