Two Indonesian trawlers caught off PhangngaCrewmen and skippers on board two Indonesian fishing trawlers are detained for fishing illegally in Thai waters off Phangnga province on Tuesday morning. (Photo by Achadtaya Chuenniran)PHANGNGA: Two Indonesian trawlers have been seized and 33 crewmen and two skippers arrested for illegally fishing in Thai waters off this southern province. Naval officers from HTMS Narathiwat, an offshore patrol ship, spotted the two trawlers fishing illegally about 130 nautical miles off the Phangnga coast on Tuesday morning, 3rd Naval Area Command chief Vice Adm Choengchai Chomchoengphaet said on Friday. The patrol team seized the two trawlers — Perkasa Mahera and Voltu 3 — and arrested all 33 crewmen and the two skippers on board, said Vice Adm Choengchai. Officers of the HTMS Narathiwat patrol ship seizes two Indonesian trawlers for fishing illegally off Phangna coast on Jan 21.

Source: Bangkok Post January 25, 2020 06:33 UTC