BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines – A Taiwanese vessel, carrying some 200 kilograms of shark meat, was apprehended for poaching off Cagayan last Monday, the second time it was intercepted along the country’s South China Sea-Pacific Ocean coast.
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) said one of its patrol boats spotted the F/B JVP 1 while poaching off Babuyan Island.
The BFAR said the vessel, which had two Taiwanese and seven Filipino crewmen, has a pending case before the Aparri prosecutor’s office for poaching and illegal fishing two years ago.