TheJakartaPost
Please Update your browser
Your browser is out of date, and may not be compatible with our website. A list of the most popular web browsers can be found below.
Just click on the icons to get to the download page.
Islands in focus: RI, Norway to team up for illegal fishing probe
Indonesian and Norwegian authorities will launch a joint investigation after the interception of the Nigerian flagged fishing vessel Viking last week in the Riau Islands waters
Change Size
I
ndonesian and Norwegian authorities will launch a joint investigation after the interception of the Nigerian flagged fishing vessel Viking last week in the Riau Islands waters.
Tanjung Pinang Naval Base spokesperson Maj. Josdy Damapoli said Norway had previously issued an Interpol Purple Notice on the 2,000-gross ton vessel that had allegedly been engaged in illegal fishing and also violated a number of national and international laws.
'The vessel's modus operandi is still under investigation,' Josdy said on Sunday, adding that the Indonesian Navy was still waiting the arrival of Norwegian officials to begin the joint investigation.
The vessel was stopped on Feb. 25 by a Navy warship following information from Interpol and Singapore's Information Fusion Centre (IFC). The Navy has detained the vessel's 11 crew members, six of whom are Indonesian.
