Ternate, N Maluku, June 16 -- Officers from North Maluku Police's Water and Air Police Corps ( Polairud ) recently arrested six fishermen for carrying out blast fishing, or fishing using explosives, in the waters off Bisa Island in Halmahera Selatan district.

The fishermen were identified as MM, LOH, ALS, SLH, LAAB, and S, North Maluku Police spokesperson Senior Commissioner Bambang Suharyono said here on Monday.

The police officers also seized a longboat, a compressor, diving gear, explosive materials, and 50 kilograms of fish from the fishermen, he informed.

The fishermen and all items of evidence were taken to the police station in Halmahera Selatan for investigation, Suharyono said.

The six fishermen have been charged with violati...