Illegal Vietnamese fishermen caught in nighttime operation
A group of 13 Vietnamese nationals were apprehended by Cambodian fishermen on Sunday night while illegally fishing off the coast of Kampot province and are being held for repatriation, according to a village representative and the provincial governor. Neak Sen, a representative of a fishing community in Kampot City’s Troeuy Koh commune, said that a team of about 70 small Cambodian fishing boats, ranging in length from eight to 10.5 meters, at about 11:30 p.m. surrounded two 22-meter long boats from Vietnam making a nightly fishing raid into Cambodia. … Mr. Sen said that the boats arrive daily to fish in Kampot’s waters at around 8 p.m., before departing at about 5 a.m. He estimated that the boats—fitted with 300cc engines—hauled in about $1,000 of fish per night, compared to about $100 per night made by an average Cambodian boat. “If we did not catch them, we would lose money in our fishing businesses,” Mr. Sen said of Sunday night’s vigilante operation. …
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