Falklands : F/V JOHN CHEEK Released from Argentine Custody
Submitted by Falkland Islands News Network (Juanita Brock) 08.04.2006 (Article Archived on 22.04.2006)
The F/V JOHN CHEEK sailed from Commodoro Rivadavia, Argentina at 2100hrs on Friday.
F/V JOHN CHEEK RELEASED FROM ARGENTINE CUSTODY
By J. Brock (FINN)
Jan Cheek from Petrel Trawling Limited has announced that the Fishing Vessel, JOHN CHEEK has been released from Argentine custody following the “without prejudice” payment of an administrative penalty.
Petrel Trawling Limited confirms that at the time of the seizure of the vessel by an Argentine Coast Guard vessel, it was operating over half of a mile outside the Argentine 200 mile limit.
Information about the location of the JOHN CHEEK was according to the advice then current and based on the co-ordinates issued from the UK Hydrographic Office through the Falkland Islands Fisheries Department.
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