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Egyptian Fishermen Caught Illegally Fishing in Tunisia—This Time with Dire Consequences

Two Egyptian trawlers boarding 18 individuals were picked up yesterday Tuesday, October 1 off the coast of the Tunisian coast. The Tunisian navy patrol took them in the act of illegally fishing in Tunisian territorial waters, 30 km east of the island of Kerkennah …

The press release from the Tunisian Ministry of Defense, published this Wednesday, October 2, stated that the intervention aims to secure the country’s marine resources and to fight illegal fishing committed by foreign boats. The same source specifies that the two boats have been immobilized and transferred to the Sfax naval base to decide the judicial suit which will be given to this case.

This incident is not the first, in 2020 and 2021 Egyptian illegal fishermen had been arrested under the same conditions …

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