Environment Minister Frank Moya Pons has said he would revoke commercial fishing permits held by a South Korean company caught fishing illegally in Dominican waters. El Caribe newspaper has been following the story for some days now, but today crosses to other publications with the news that the ministry is taking action. Vessels belonging to Korea Dominican Fisheries have using what is described as unauthorized equipment in Dominican territorial waters. Although they have permits granted by IDECOOP (co-operative credit and development institute), they are reportedly invalid. According to deputies Osval Saldivar (PRD) and Licelot Marte de Barrios (PRSC), who are studying legislation on redefining the demarcation of territorial water limits, IDECOOP has no jurisdiction over fishing rights and should not be awarding permits for this purpose. The Dominican Navy has escorted all the fishing boats concerned into ports on the southern and northern coasts of the country, said Cecilio Diaz Carela, the Under Secretary for Coastal and Marine Resources. The boats are to be impounded by the authorities and the crews, mainly South Korean and Vietnamese nationals, are in custody. Diaz Carela explained that fishing with nets was in contravention of the environmental and natural resources law 64-00.