MOSCOW, April 4 (AVN) - Fishing areas protected by the Pacific and North-eastern regional border guard departments are suffering from constant poacher attacks this year, a spokesman for the Federal Border Guard Service said on Wednesday.
Servicemen of the two departments detained 16 Russian and foreign poacher vessels and fined crews of 102 fishing boats in March alone, the spokesman told the Military News Agency. The total sum of fines made USD74,000, he added.