Tanzanian Authorities Issue Over €6 Million in Fines to Foreign Fishing Vessels Evading Inspections
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 28, 2018 Showing how serious they are about the recent crackdown on illegal activities taking place on fishing vessels within its waters, Tanzanian authorities have issued fines of over €6 million to a fleet of 19 foreign-registered fishing vessels which fled Tanzania without submitting to the required inspections. Weeks after a covert patrol by a coalition of Tanzanian law enforcement agencies, Fish-I Africa and Sea Shepherd crew on board the Sea Shepherd ship M/Y Ocean Warrior resulted in the arrest of three fishing vessels, the Tanzanian Ministry