ST. PETERSBURG, January 5 (RIA Novosti) – A Russian fishing vessel detained by Senegal’s navy Saturday has arrived under escort in the port of Dakar, the ship’s owner said Sunday.
A Senegalese navy ship detained the Oleg Naidenov on Saturday with 62 Russians and 23 nationals of Guinea-Bissau on board. Yury Parshev, executive director of Feniks, the company that owns the Oleg Naidenov, said the vessel was being guarded in the Senegalese capital by military police and that the passports of all the crewmembers had been confiscated.
Parshev said no official explanation for the vessel’s detention had been given.
On Saturday, Agence France Presse quoted a Senegalese military spokesman as saying the ship had been boarded after it was seen illegally fishing in Senegalese waters near the border with Guinea-Bissau. Parshev said the vessel was fishing legally in Guinea-Bissau’s waters. Russia’s Federal Fisheries Agency said Saturday that the ship had been operating in compliance with international standards.
The Oleg Naidenov’s captain and one other crew member were injured during the detention, Parshev said Saturday.
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