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Summary Maritime security agency arrests 31 Indian fishermen and seized 14 boats.
The fishermen were held by Pakistan Maritime Security Agency (PMSA) during routine patrolling Saturday, agency said in a statement.Some 14 Indian fishing boats along with 31 crew members were apprehended for poaching well inside Pakistani waters (approximately 110 nautical miles), it said.Indian fishermen continue to intrude in Pakistans marine rich Indus delta region containing high quality fish, at the cost of livelihood of local fishermen resulting in depletion of our fish stock and ecological damage to rare fish species, it said.The agency handed over the fishermen to police for further investigation, the statement said.Earlier this month Pakistan freed 179 Indian fishermen who were imprisoned for violating territorial waters and had completed their sentences.
