The Ministry of Foreign Relations revealed that 57 Dominican fishermen jailed in Jamaica on charges of fishing illegally in Jamaica’s territorial waters were released on Saturday, 30 March 2019, after the payment of a fine by the owners of the two ships that were seized.
The fishermen were accused of violation of the Fisheries Act of Jamaica. They were caught in early March in possession of berried lobsters and undersized lobsters, possession of conch in closed season, fishing without a license and fishing without identification. The boats’ officers were charged with using the vessel as a processing plant without the permission of the government of Jamaica. The group had been arrested on 2 March 2019 in Jamaica.
2 April 2019