Terengganu Fisheries Dept detains four Pahang trawlers for licence breaches

KUALA TERENGGANU: The Terengganu Fisheries Department detained four trawlers for violating the terms of their fishing licence in an operation in the state’s waters on Sunday (Sept 18) night.

Its director, Ruzaidi Mamat said all the local boats based in Pahang were nabbed with 18 crew members including the skipper in waters between six and eight nautical miles from the Kuala Mercang beach near here at 12.05 am.