Adrian Lane helped alert border force to the presence of multiple Indonesian fishing boats at Kuri Bay, but the Dambimangari man is frustrated more than a dozen fishers are yet to face any criminal charges.
Adrian Lane says illegal foreign fishers need to face consequences to ensure they do not come back to Australian waters.Dambimangari traditional owner Adrian Lane is disappointed that foreign fishermen he found on country earlier this month have not faced criminal charges.
On August 5, Dambimangari man Adrian Lane was conducting monitoring work in mangroves in the Kuri Bay area, about 370 kilometres north-east of Broome, whenThree of the four vessels were seized and destroyed at sea, with the fourth vessel transported out of Australia's fishing zone with 13 fishers on board.
Mr Lane said he was disappointed to hear some of the men had avoided criminal charges and that the remaining 20 were yet to be penalised."We know that the people are doing illegal fishing and doing what they're doing to the reefs and stuff, and the impact that they're having on the country," Mr Lane said.An Australian Fisheries Management Authority spokesperson said the 20 men will remain in Australian Border Force detention as it investigates.
"Should this be the case, the fishers will be charged, and these matters will be heard in the Darwin Court," the spokesperson said.Mr Lane said the illegal crews left a large amount of litter behind in the mangroves, some of which had ants inside.He said he went back to the site alongside other family members and was disappointed authorities had done nothing to clean the area.
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