The Nigerian Navy says it has arrested two Nigerian flagged fishing trawlers, Banaly V and Olokun V for violating the range specified within Nigerian waters for inshore fishing and shrimping activities.
The Director of Information, Navy, Commodore Suleman Dahun made this known in a statement on Monday in Abuja.
Dahun said the vessels were arrested around Antan Field which is 21 nautical miles of the Nigerian coastline.
He said the activities of the two trawlers were detected by the Nigerian Navy Falcon Eye surveillance system.
He said following the arrest of the vessels, commanders of Nigerian Navy ships had been directed to pay attention to the activities of fishing trawlers within Nigerian waters in order to reduce illegal activities.
