Navy seizes Egyptian boat

HUDAIDA, Jan. 19 (Saba) - The Yemeni navy has seized an Egyptian
boat that was fishing illegally in the country's territorial waters,
the state-run 26sep.net has reported.

A source at the navy told the website the boat was captured in the
Ras Eassa area in the Red Sea.

24 Egyptian fishermen were seized on board the boat, the source
said.

This month, the navy seized four Egyptian boasts while illegally
fishing in Yemen's waters, the source said.

Last year, a Yemeni court fined three Egyptian boats $ 150.000 that
were held hunting fish illegally in the Yemeni waters.

However, the boats were released with fish on board to the
captains.

Yemen and Egypt signed last year an agreement under which Egyptian
fishing boats have to get license from Yemeni authorities to fish in
the Yemeni waters.

Before the signing, an Egyptian fishing boat attacked a Yemeni
coastguard patrol in the Red Sea killing a coastguard and injuring
another.

In response to the attack, Yemen intensified measures over foreign
fishing in its waters imposing a ban on Egyptian boats in
particular.

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