Tuesday, 27 May 2008

Two Cambodian vessels detained for poaching near Sakhalin - FSB

Interfax
May 26, 2008

MOSCOW. May 26 (Interfax) - Russian border guards have detained twovessels sailing the flag of Cambodia, which was illegally poaching crabsin the Russian economic zone.

"Russian border guards detained two steamships Khobart and Dampir,which illegally caught sea food resources, in Russia's exclusiveeconomic zone near the eastern shore of Sakhalin on Saturday," thepublic affairs center of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB)says.

"Over 50 tons of crabs were found aboard Khobart, while over 70tons of crabs were found aboard Dampir in a check," the statement says.

Fishing equipment was found aboard the ships, while "documentsproving the authenticity of the catch arose doubts," the statement says.

The detained vessels were tugged to the port of Korsakov for aninvestigation
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