In Okhotsk Sea frontier guards detained Sakhalin trawler for illegal crab fishery near Kamchatka`s coasts.
Unknown ship was discovered by frontier guarding ship "Anadir". Ship tried to escape without answering guard`s inquiries. Only after hour pursuit trawler stopped and let inspection group on board.
More than 15 tons of alive Kamchatka crabs, prohibited for fishery in 2005 in the view of disappearance threat, were discovered in "Victoria" trawler`s holds.
There were no fishery permission, and system of trawler positioning was switched off. By the moment of arrest, ship must be in Japan port Mambezu.
Crabs will be released to sea and ship will be convoyed to Magadan port for following investigation.
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