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Chinese fishing vessel caught poaching near Helen Reef escorted to Malakal by Remeliik II patrol boat. Credit - https://islandtimes.org/
December 16, 2020
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Following their arrest this past Thursday for poaching off of Helen Reef, the twenty-eight-man crew of a Chinese fishing vessel has been escorted into Koror waters by Remeliik II, and is currently quarantining aboard their vessel off of the Marine Law Dock in Malakal...The Chinese fishermen had harvested an estimated 500 pounds of sea cucumber. They had also caught a small number of reef fish... The crewmen had allegedly attempted and failed to bribe the Rangers...

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