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Africa-Press – Seychelles. <\/strong><\/span>Fifty-one Indian fishermen caught fishing illegally in Seychelles’ waters will leave on Tuesday afternoon on a special flight to India organised by the Indian High Commission \u2013 with only the ships’ captains staying behind to face the island state’s justice system.<\/p>\n

The sailors worked on board three vessels arrested on March 8 in a joint operation by a Dornier aircraft of the Seychelles Air Force (SAF) and patrol ships Le Vigilant and Etoile of the Seychelles Coast Guard (SCG).<\/p>\n

The court granted the prosecution’s request to further remand the captains in custody as they “did not have an abode” in the country and were, therefore, could “abscond”.<\/p>\n

The presiding judge, Chief Justice Rony Govinden, also said that the court would further remand them as “the offence is serious and is cause for national concern.”<\/p>\n

This is the largest group of foreign fishermen caught for illegal fishing in the waters of the Seychelles archipelago in the western Indian Ocean since the beginning of the year.<\/p>\n

As a deterrent, in August 2021, the Seychelles Supreme court imposed a heavy fine of SCR2.5 million – or $167,000 – on the captain of a Sri Lankan-flagged vessel intercepted in the waters of Seychelles who was found guilty of fishing without a foreign fishing vessel licence.<\/p>\n

Seychelles has a vast Exclusive Economic Zone of 1.4 million square kilometres, which presents a challenge for monitoring illegal activities in the island nation’s waters.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Seychelles<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Seychelles. Fifty-one Indian fishermen caught fishing illegally in Seychelles’ waters will leave on Tuesday afternoon on a special flight to India organised by the Indian High Commission \u2013 with only the ships’ captains staying behind to face the island state’s justice system. 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