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Headline: Indonesian Government Seize Illegal Foreign Fishing Vessels

Caption: Two officers stand near a vessel from Vietnam which is secured at the Pier of the Pontianak Fishery and Marine Resources Monitoring Station in Kubu Raya Regency, West Kalimantan Province, Indonesia, Monday, April 12, 2021. The Government of the Republic of Indonesia through the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries arrested five foreign fishing vessels of origin Vietnam, which stole fish in the Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone (ZEEI) in the North Natuna Sea, on Friday, April 9, 2021. The five foreign ships and 28 crew members were then escorted to the Pontianak Marine and Fisheries Resources Monitoring Station for further processing. Based on data from the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries for 2021, there are 72 vessels secured by the Fisheries Supervisory Ship of the Directorate General of Supervision of Marine Resources and Fisheries of the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries. 12 of them are foreign fishing vessels.

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