Independent Online
Paul Fauvet
July 21, 2008

Mozambican authorities have struck a blow against illegal fishing with the seizure and confiscation of an unlicensed Namibian vessel fishing for sharks off the central Mozambican coast.

Fisheries Minister Cadmiel Muthemba said a legitimate Mozambican fishing company spotted the Namibian ship, the Antillas Reefer, and alerted the authorities. The ministry investigated and ordered the ship to head south and put in at Maputo port.

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