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PUERTO PRINCESA CITY: The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG)
in Palawan apprehended last Saturday a Vietnamese fishing vessel
with ten fishermen on board for illegally encroaching into the
country’s territorial waters.
Operatives of the PCG-Palawan and
the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) apprehended the
150-gross tonnage F/V Thanh Long with bow number TG 92566-TS for
illegally fishing some 34 nautical miles east of Mangsee Island,
Balabac, Palawan.
Apprehending BFAR fishery officer
Samuel Caligdong identified the Vietnamese fishermen as Nguyen
Vanleo (skipper), Tran Van Hoang, Nguyen Phuc, Nguyen Vaw Thuong,
Woong Hoang Thanh, Phan Nhat Viet, Phan Van Tuaw, Nguyen Van Vien,
Phan Van Khanh, Ho Van Tung.
Caligdong said the fishermen were
using gillnet in the area during the apprehension.
The Provincial Committee on
Illegal Entrants (PCIE), in its inventory of the fishing vessel
which arrived at the city’s pier Sunday, found one dry shark and a
stingray in their possession.
BFAR provincial fishery officer
Panciano Gianan and lawyer Adel Villena filed on Monday a case for
violation of Fisheries Administrative Order 200 in relation to
Section 87 of Republic Act 8550 (poaching) against the foreign
fishermen before the Provincial Prosecutor’s Office.
With the apprehension of the ten
Vietnamese nationals, record showed that a total of 34 cases were
filed against illegal foreign fishermen from 2002 to present.
--PNA
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