The trial initially scheduled for the 8th of this month was rescheduled in observance of the period of mourning that the country is experiencing following the death of the President of Namibia, Hage Geingob, which occurred on the 4th.
The captain of the fishing vessel Lucimar, of Portuguese nationality, and two other crew members, of South African and Angolan nationality, will be brought before the court.
In December, the Namibian authorities detained the fishing vessel, 12 miles from the waters of that country neighboring Angola, which was carrying 19 crew members, including a Portuguese citizen, 15 of Angolan nationality, two Senegalese nationals and a South African national.
According to the source, 11 crew members, all of Angolan nationality, have been in Angola since January 31st, with the remaining crew remaining on board the vessel, where communication and logistics conditions have been created so that they can remain waiting there. the outcome of the case.
The first hearing was held on January 19th and, according to a source from the National Fisheries and Aquaculture Inspection Service of the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources of Angola, told Lusa, the Namibian authorities now tend to look at the case only as an infringement of fishing and not illegal fishing, because no fish was found on the vessel, which is in the port of Walvis Bay.
