A foreign vessel illegally fishing for crabs in the Russian territorial waters of the Sea of Japan, has been detained and transferred to the port of Nakhodka, the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) said Tuesday
MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 02nd April, 2019) A foreign vessel illegally fishing for crabs in the Russian territorial waters of the Sea of Japan, has been detained and transferred to the port of Nakhodka, the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) said Tuesday.
"The Coast Guard of the Russian Federal Security Service in the Primorsky Krai has detained a foreign vessel, involved in illegal extraction of red snow crab in the Russian waters of the Sea of Japan," the FSB said, adding that the boat and its 22 crew members were transferred to Nakhodka.
Poaching gear was retrieved from water and over 3,000 crabs were set free, the statement added.
