REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- A number of five vessels of illegal fishing in Indonesian seas was successfully seized by Vessel of Indonesia (KRI) from the Indonesian Fleet Command West Region (Koarmabar). Kapitan Pattimura 371, the name of KRI, caught five fishing vessels from Thailand around Karimata Strait.
"The vessel weighs 112 tons gross was not equipped with documents and contains approximately five tons of fish along with 11 crews," said the head of the Office of Information Koarmabar Marine Lt. Col. Ariris Miftachurrahman, Friday (1/5).
The arrest occurred on Thursday (30/4), yesterday. At that time, KRI Kapitan Pattimura conducting operations in the 15th Kretya Baruna Operation under command (BKO) of RI Maritime Security Forces Fleet Command, West Region (Guskamlaarmabar). The fifth ship was transporting fish caught from the waters around the Karimata Strait and not equipped with official documents.
In the first arrest, KRI Kapitan Pattimura managed to secure around KM Sudita 8 around Pejantan Island, within 47 nautical miles from Karimata Strait. Then, KRI Kapitan Pattimura backs for search around Pejantan Island. As a result, it had found KM Jala Mitra 081 with weigh around 112 Gross Tonnes (GT) and had contain five fish mixture without official documents. KM Jala Mitra 081 were manned by about 18 people.
Two hours after the arrest of KM Mitra Jala, KRI Kapitan Pattimura seized Sudita KM 14, which was fishing with a distance of 68 nautical miles from the Karimata Strait. The foreign fishing vessels (KIA) from Thailand did not have official documents and loaded three tons of fish. KM Sudita 14 manned by about 15 people with vessel weight reached 115 GT.
Furthermore, KRI Kapitan Pattimura-371 also secured Sudita KM 5 and KM Sudita 13. Both foreign fishing vessels have a total load of 25 tons of fish and have no official documents. If KM Sudita 5 weighs 113 GT and manned by 16 crew member, KM Sudita 13 has a weight of 108 GT and accommodates 16 crew members.
From the five ships, Koarmabar arrested 76 crew members and 43 tons of fish. Ariris added, those five illegal fishing vessels will be driven to Sea Base (Lanal) Pontianak, West Kalimantan.
"For further examination, the ships will be taken to the naval base Pontianak," said Ariris.
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