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Malta Sea Rangers Confiscate Hundreds Of Metres Of Illegal Net In Marsaxlokk Harbour

Malta Sea Rangers Confiscate Hundreds Of Metres Of Illegal Net In Marsaxlokk Harbour
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During a night patrol, Malta’s Sea Ranger Unit discovered an unmarked trammel net just 46 metres off Ballut, Marsaxlokk, within the harbour. The Rangers promptly alerted the authorities.

Officers from the Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture attended the scene, assisted by a vessel from the Armed Forces of Malta (AFM). The operation resulted in the confiscation by AFM of hundreds of metres of illegal net, which took several hours to remove.

Malta Sea Rangers added, ‘All fishing gear has to be marked by law. Marsaxlokk is deemed a Harbour by Transport Malta, hence the Notice to Mariners 120 of 2025 (net laying prohibition) applies.’

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