BANGKOK: -- A total of 54 crew members on seven Vietnamese
fishing trawlers were arrested yesterday after they intruded into Thai
waters in a hunt for sea snakes and squid off Koh Juang in Chon Buri's
Sattahip district.
First Naval Area Command deputy chief of staff, Captain Samreung Janso,
said the trawlers - identified as CM 99518 TS , CM 91550 TS , CM 91551
TS , CM 91718 TS , CM 91685 TS , CM 91360 TS , CM 99833 TS - were found
to contain hundreds of sea snakes along with some squid and were towed
to the Royal Thai Fleet's pier for Sattahip police to proceed with legal
action.
Samreung said 60 Vietnamese trawlers have been caught so far for
intruding into Thai waters. He said they hunted for sea snakes to export
to China at the lucrative price of Bt500-Bt1,000 per snake, while some
hunt for squid, as dried squid could be sold at Bt800-Bt1,000 per kilo.
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