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IP - The Chief of the Justice Department of Hormozgan Province, Southern Iran, said the Marine Corps impounded four trawl vessels in the waters of Bandar Abbas port city.

Iran Press/Iran News: Ali Salehi said on Thursday that 8 foreign fishermen were detained, who were fishing through trawl method which is considered illegal.

In the inspection of the vessels, 40 tons of fish with a value of over 60 billion Rials were discovered, Salehi added.

The trawl is a funnel-shaped fishing net that fishermen use by pulling it into the water by one or more vessels to get fish in an extensive manner.

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