Bulgarian association takes nine-month detention case to Brussels
The owners of three trawlers from Bulgaria that have been detained in Romania are taking their grievance to Brussels in an effort to get the situation resolved, as there seems…
The detention of 30 fishermen 23-26th December represents the largest cohort to be detained by Australia in over a decade. Images: ABF
Illegal vessels destroyed, crews detained
Australian Border Force (ABF) apprehended 30 illegal foreign fishermen and seized and destroyed three fishing vessels in the week leading up to Christmas as part of an ongoing operation targeting…
Romania continues to detain Bulgarian trawlers
The continued detention of three trawlers from Bulgaria, apprehended on 23rd March in the Romanian EEZ is the latest episide in a dispute over equal access to EU waters in…
Syakhailin-8 alongside during detention on North Korea. Image: RusEmb/DPRK
North Korea releases detained Russian fishing vessel
Russian fishing vessel Syakhailin-8, which was detained by a North Korean border patrol earlier this month after allegedly straying in the country’s EEZ has been released, according to the Russian…