translated from Spanish: Navy captures three Peruvian fishing boats that were illegally fishing in the country

Navy ships captured between Wednesday and Thursday d (e) this week Peruvian fishing three that operated illegally in the exclusive economic zone of the country.
Of according to reported by the Navy, in the first operation, on Wednesday manning the boat General Service Arica stunned the Peruvian fisheries Nayely Yamileh II 158 kilometres to the West of the city of Arica, border between the two countries.
9 tons of different fishing could not be accredited, as well as 210 fins of blue sharks in their cellars, obtained through the practice of “finning”, which consists of curtailing of shark fins returning were found in the boat, with 5 crew on board, then the animal to the sea.
This practice, which causes the death of the shark, is prohibited by the General Law of fisheries and aquaculture applicable in Chile.
Hours later, the frigate Almirante Lynch surprised 162 kilometers to the West of Antofagasta, more than 600 kilometers to the South of the common border, to the Peruvian fishing Virgin of the good step, whose five crew stored in the cellars a ton of shark” Blue”and”diamond”, uncredited originated.
Finally, on Thursday the same frigate surprised red-handed, with their fishing gear in the water, to the Peruvian fisheries Maquera, 210 kilometers west of mussels, in the same region of Antofagasta.
During the operation it was found in the holds of the vessel a ton of tile shark and, like that in previous cases, their five crew members could not prove the origin of the stored resource.
The army said that 15 crew members of the captured boats, 5 were undocumented.
The authorities set the three fishing boats and their crews were escorted to the port of Arica to stay to the corresponding courts.

Original source in Spanish

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