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Pacific island nations have intensified enforcement against illegal fishing, detaining Chinese and Indonesian vessels during a coordinated two-week surveillance operation across 28 million square kilometres of ocean, highlighting growing tensions over fishing rights in the region.
Authorities in Penang arrested three individuals and confiscated fishing equipment and a vessel valued at RM75,360 during a coordinated enforcement drive in state waters yesterday.
A Forest Department raid in Bangladesh's Sundarbans has exposed illegal shrimp processing operations using toxic chemicals, destroying poisoned stock and prompting warnings about ecosystem contamination and consumer health risks.