Poaching in the waters of the Asinara national park .
Last night two underwater fishermen were surprised by the Coast Guard while they were fishing inside the general reserve Zone B called "Punta Barbarossa" . The two divers, on board a boat, were found in possession of approximately ten kilos of fish of various species and technical equipment used for underwater fishing .
The sport fishermen were reported to the Judicial Authority with the seizure of their catch and all the material used for the illicit activity. The operation is part of a surveillance and protection activity carried out in the waters of the Asinara Marine Protected Area.
After a long and complex investigation and information gathering activity, a fast naval unit of the Coast Guard - specialized in police activities - under the Port Authority of Porto Torres, intercepted the suspicious vessel, along the coast of park island. One of the areas in which the fishing ban is in force, prefigured as a crime due to the particular protection to which marine protected areas are subject, considered of exceptional importance for the correct protection of the marine-coastal habitat in areas of particular naturalistic value.
The seized catch , following health certification by the veterinarians of the ASL of Sassari who deemed it suitable for human consumption, was donated to charity to a non-profit organization in Porto Torres involved in child reception and recovery activities .