Identification Documents: Boats and Fishing Gear

identification documents: Checks conducted on the two boats found that 16 crew members including the skippers, aged 18 to 62, did not have any valid identification documents nor possessed any licence to fish in the country's waters, Terengganu MMEA director Captain Muhammad Suffi Mohd Ramli was reported as saying, according to NOW Magazine. Two boats, fishing gear, catch and diesel supply were also seized, he said. The fishermen and their boats were detained off Terengganu state, on the east coast of peninsular Malaysia, on Friday, the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency MMEA said. Malaysia and Vietnam are two of the countries that have over-lapping claims to parts of the South China Sea. The fishermen, who were suspected of using fake registration numbers, were taken for novel coronavirus swab tests before being detained, Muhammad Suffi said. China claims most of the waterway. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.