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Indonesian authorities announced on August 17 that dozens of foreign fishing vessels captured fishing illegally in the country’s waters were sunk.

Thai marine police on August 1 arrested four Vietnamese fishing boats with 20 crew members accused of illegal fishing in waters off Thailand’s southern province of Narathiwat.

Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Vu Van Tam led a Vietnamese delegation to the Southeast Asia and Pacific Regional Fisheries Summit held in Jakarta, Indonesia on July 28.

Thai naval forces have opened fire on three Vietnamese fishing boats from the Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre with 18 fishermen on board, according to the Vietnamese Embassy in Thailand.

The Government of Indonesia on June 29 issued a warning against foreign fishing vessels attempting to illegally operate in the country’s waters.

Indonesia has dispatched ship KM Orca 04 to monitor the country’s waters bordering Australia to prevent any intrusion by foreign vessels and illegal fishing activities in the area.

Indonesia plans to sink at least 30 foreign vessels caught by the authorities while conducting illegal fishing in its waters.

Vietnam’s Embassy in Malaysia said that it has taken protection measures towards 23 Vietnamese fishermen who were recently arrested by the Malaysia Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA).

An Indonesian navy warship captured a Chinese boat and its crew members for illegal fishing in Indonesian territorial waters bordering the East Sea on June 18.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Indonesia Hoang Anh Tuan met with Indonesian Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries to discuss bilateral efforts to curb illegal fishing, boost fishery cooperation.

The Pacific island nation of Palau has set fire to a Vietnamese fishing vessel caught illegally operating in its waters.

Palau’s authorities have captured two Vietnamese fishing vessels after two weeks of keeping a close watch on the boats.

Indonesia will continue maintaining tough measures against fishing vessels that violate its sea territory in 2016, according to Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Susi Pudjiastuti.

Thailand’s Naval Zone 2 force arrested three Vietnamese fishing ships with 33 fishermen on board for illegally entering and fishing on its territorial waters, the local Thai Rath newspaper reported.

The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) detained 23 Vietnamese fishermen on April 8 on the charge of illegally fishing in the waters off Terengganu and Pahang states.

Vietnam pledges to step up collaboration efforts with the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Centre (SEAFDEC)’s member nations in preventing and detering illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU).

Thailand has seized 47 Vietnamese fishermen and a trial on the case is expected to begin at Chon Bu-ri provincial Court on April 4.

Foreign ships illegally fishing in Malaysia’s waters could be sunk and turned into artificial reefs, or auctioned off along with their catch, if convicted under Malaysian law.

Indonesia’s anti-illegal fishing task force 115 has sunk 30 vessels in five separate locations for poaching in the country’s rich seas.

Vietnam and Thailand have agreed to complete their domestic procedures at an early date, in order to reach an agreement on setting up a hotline for their fishing activities.