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The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) has apprehended 3 Bangladeshi sportfishing boats (BFBs) on with 79 unit members for amerciable sportfishing wrong India’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) successful the Northern Bay of Bengal.
The interceptions took spot during International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL) surveillance operations connected November 15 and 16.
Indian Coast Guard with the persons who person been apprehended during an interception. Photo: Special Arrangement
According to ICG, their patrol teams detected the vessels operating good wrong Indian waters, successful usurpation of the Maritime Zones of India (Regulation of Fishing by Foreign Vessels) Act, 1981. The boats were swiftly intercepted, boarded, and inspected, during which nary of the unit could nutrient valid permits to food successful Indian maritime zones. Fishing cogwheel and freshly caught food connected committee confirmed ongoing amerciable activity.
All 3 boats and their unit were escorted to Frazerganj and handed implicit to the Marine Police for further ineligible action, it added.
ICG further added that the cognition highlights the adjacent coordination betwixt the Indian Coast Guard and West Bengal Police, and the ICG’s sustained efforts to curb amerciable fishing, support maritime resources, and guarantee the information of Indian fishermen. Continuous aboveground and aerial surveillance is being maintained successful the Bay of Bengal to enforce maritime laws and safeguard nationalist maritime interests.
