Fish transport ship The Atlantic Lady was detained over the weekend by the Norwegian Coast Guard on suspicion of encroachments on the requirements for reporting.
Monday, the Coast Guard ship Barentshav convoyed The Atlantic Lady to the port of Longyearbyen on Svalbard.
The detained ship is registered in the Central American state of Belize but it has an all-Russian crew. At the time of detention, it was bound for the northern Russian port of Arkhangelsk, Svalbard governor’s aide Lars Fause said.
He indicated that most of the sea products in The Atlantic Lady’s holds were registered after fish splitting rather than prior to it as required, and according to the Norwegian side this means that the real weight of the catch has been understated by a few tons.
Fause said the ship’s captain has already been interrogated and the inspection will now embrace the trawlers that delivered fish to The Atlantic Lady for further transportation to Arkhangelsk.
Monday, the Coast Guard ship Barentshav convoyed The Atlantic Lady to the port of Longyearbyen on Svalbard.
The detained ship is registered in the Central American state of Belize but it has an all-Russian crew. At the time of detention, it was bound for the northern Russian port of Arkhangelsk, Svalbard governor’s aide Lars Fause said.
He indicated that most of the sea products in The Atlantic Lady’s holds were registered after fish splitting rather than prior to it as required, and according to the Norwegian side this means that the real weight of the catch has been understated by a few tons.
Fause said the ship’s captain has already been interrogated and the inspection will now embrace the trawlers that delivered fish to The Atlantic Lady for further transportation to Arkhangelsk.