Check out the route of the Russian trawler Aleksandr Mironenko -inside occupied waters!
Published 13 January 2008
The Russian trawler Aleksandr Mironenko has been fishing offshore Dakhla from Dec 19th 2007 to 13 Januar, and also at least from 28 January to Feb 2nd 2008.
It is currently operating at a location 23 degrees north, 17 degrees west, which is well inside the occupied waters of Western Sahara.
Russian and Moroccan representatives recently met to further discuss a new fisheries agreement covering the waters offshore occupied Western Sahara, but a new deal seems still pending.
The Russian and Moroccan governments on 15 March 2016 announced the renewing of their fisheries agreement, allowing Russian trawlers fish in occupied Western Sahara. WSRW has translated the agreement from Russian to English.
A Russian vessel that has been fishing illegally in occupied Western Sahara, sank a forthnight ago. The vessel is still leaking fuel oil in the area between the Canary Islands and Western Sahara.
A Russian trawler that has been fishing offshore occupied Western Sahara much of last year, has now been seized by the Senegalese authorities for illegal fishing.