Illegal fishing in the economic zone: Armada stopped a Peruvian ship with five tons of shark

A total of 5 tonnes of tiler shark was detected by the Chilean Navy aboard the Peruvian vessel "Virgencita del Buen Pastor", which was illegally fishing in the exclusive economic zone.

He reported this strategic branch of the armed forces, that the ship of the neighboring country traveled 120 km. to the west of Caleta Camarones, south of Arica, when it was controlled by the service ship of the generation "Arica".

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At the time of their check, none of the crewmembers could verify that the extraction of said marine resource had been carried out outside the Chilean Exclusive Economic Zone. They were therefore arrested for violation of Article No. 115 of the General Law. fisheries and aquaculture, where foreign vessels prohibit fishing work in this exclusive area.

In this line, the five crew members on board were arrested, three of them did not have any documents and one of them had already recidivism for that same crime.

The "Hudson" and "Defender" naval units were responsible for escorting and monitoring the Peruvian ship to the port of Arica. At this location, the crew members were handed over to PDI staff for deportation. And the ship will remain under the custody of the maritime governor of Arica.

"The oceanic surveillance operations of the Navy are a preventive means of protecting the Chilean exclusive economic zone", commented the commander of the patrol boat at the end of the procedure. Hudson ", Second Lieutenant Javier Espinoza

This detention corresponds to number 16 since the beginning of the year, when the Navy detained various foreign vessels engaged in illegal fishing activities in the Chilean Exclusive Economic Zone. 19659002]