NewsA Seychelles magistrate courts has remanded eight Sri Lankan citizens who are suspected of illegal fishing in local waters for an extra ten days as the investigation into their case continues, Seychelles News Agency reported. Seychelles Fishing Authority’s legal officer, Yannick Roucou, told SNA that “the suspects will return to court on January 19,” after they appeared in court on Monday. Seychelles, a 115-island archipelago in the western Indian Ocean, has a vast exclusive economic zone of more than 1.3 million square kilometers, and regularly faces illegal fishing problems. Following consultations with the local fishing authority, the vessel was escorted to Port Victoria, where further investigation was carried out. A communiqué from the island nation’s Coast Guard stated that this was the second Sri Lankan fishing vessel to be intercepted last year on suspicion of illegal fishing.

Source: Sunday Times January 10, 2018 15:56 UTC