An Giang, March 2 -- A fishing boat suspected of illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing was intercepted on February 28 by the Coast Guard Region 4 Command in the southwestern waters and is being handled in line with legal regulations. At 5:30 pm on February 27, while operating in the Vietnamese waters adjacent to Malaysia, Vessel 371 of the command's IUU fishing prevention task force detected a fishing boat coded KG-92574-TS showing a high risk of crossing into foreign waters. The Coast Guard repeatedly called on the vessel to change course and head North of the boundary area. However, the boat did not comply and continued moving toward foreign waters at an unchanged speed and direction. The Coast Guard pursued and continued or...
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