On Monday, the Coast Guard vessel “Barentshav” convoyed “The Atlantic Lady” to the port of Longyearbyen on Svalbard, TV2 reports.
According to Lars Fause at the Governor of Svalbard’s office, the sea products aboard the cargo vessel “The Atlantic Lady” had been registered weighed and registered after fish splitting rather than prior to it as required. This means that the real weight of the catch has been understated by several hundred tons.
“The Atlantic Lady” is registered in the Central American state of Belize but it has an all-Russian crew. At the time of detention, it was bound for the northern Russian port of Arkhangelsk, Fause said.
Fause said the ship’s captain has already been interrogated and the inspection will now embrace the trawlers that delivered fish to The Atlantic Lady for further transportation to Arkhangelsk.
