Police on Sunday issued a €8,000 fine for a third-country fishing vessel which was illegally operating in the Cypriot Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), where Cyprus has sovereign rights over resources.
According to the police, the vessel carrying six people was spotted fishing in the Limassol sea area, 30 nautical miles southwest of Cape Zevgari, at 9am on Sunday morning .
A port and maritime police vessel and a police helicopter
