Sixteen detained from 'illegal' Indonesian fishing vessel
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The Australian government says 16 people have been detained on an Indonesian boat allegedly fishing illegally in Australian waters.
The minister for fisheries, Tony Burke, says the 34-metre Indonesian boat is the largest illegal foreign fishing boat to have been apprehended in Australian waters in the past year.
Mr Burke says a border patrol navy ship detained the 16 crew and found two ton of fish on board.
The boat has been escorted to Darwin.
