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Trawler raided due to illegal fishing
On Feb 14, 2012, the "Gerda Maria" was raided and escorted to Tromsø by the Norwegian Coast Guard vessel "Nordkapp". The ship was suspected of illegal fishing and underreporting of catches of haddock, in the fisheries protection zone around Svalbard. On Feb 17 the matter was investigated by the police of Tromsø. The ship's owner was fined with two million crowns and the master, a Lithuanian citizen, had to pay a fine of 30,000 crowns. Norwegian report with photo: http://www.nordlys.no/nyheter/article5934277.ece
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