The Nigerian Navy (NN) on Saturday handed over a fishing boat, MFV Woman Jessica II, and 13 crew members to the Federal Ministry of Fisheries in Bayelsa.
The trawler was arrested by the Navy's Ahead Working Base (FOB) Formoso on December 11.
He was arrested whereas fishing in an space reserved for artisanal fishing boats.
It was arrested at a place lower than 5 nautical miles from the coast across the entrance to the Pennington River, with out utilizing her computerized identification system.
The handover came about throughout a brief ceremony on the Ahead Working Base, Egwema, Brass.
It was performed by the Commander, Captain Murtala Rogo, represented by the Government Officer, FOB, Commander Dantani Bukar.
He mentioned the act was in violation of the Sea Fisheries Act of 1992, including that such acts wouldn’t be tolerated by the Nigerian Navy, amongst others.
“To this finish, I want to advise all seamen to be regulation abiding when partaking within the Nigerian maritime area,” he mentioned.
The Commander additionally mentioned the Nigerian Navy wouldn’t tolerate any maritime violation in Nigerian waters and the Gulf of Guinea.
“Let me additionally add that the Nigerian Navy is not going to relent in its efforts to observe and implement maritime legal guidelines.
“To this finish, I want to advise all seafarers to abide by the regulation when partaking the Nigerian maritime area for his or her particular person enterprise.
“It is necessary that fishing corporations and brokers pay explicit consideration to the directions in Kind B offered to them by the FDF.
“The identical have to be communicated and understood by the crew of the ship to keep away from any form of violation of the state legal guidelines therein,” he mentioned.
He additionally reiterated the willpower of the Chief of Naval Workers, Vice Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla, to make sure that the Nigerian maritime area stays secure and safe for all reliable companies to thrive.
Based on him, that is in accordance with the provisions of the Harmonized Normal Working Procedures for Arrest, Detention and Prosecution of Ships and Individuals, 2016.
