Local fishermen seized two Vietanamese fishing vessels and detained 18 crew members caught fishing in Thai waters off Nakhon so Thammarat's Hua Sai district on the evening of November 27.
The crewmen, 11 Vietnamese nationals and seven Cambodians, and the seized vessels were taken to Pak Nam Muang pier in hua Sai district,where police were waiting for them Thai fishing boat owner Narin Niyomdecha said about 200 to 300 foreign trawlers regularly fish in Thai water, only 35 nautical miles offshore between Muang Songkhla and Sichon districts.