Keywords: US Navy 090817-G-0000X-002 Stacks of fish lay in the hold of the Taiwanese-flagged fishing vessel Yu Feng as a result of alleged illegal fishing activity off the coast of Freetown, Sierra Leone.jpg en ATLANTIC OCEAN Aug 17 2009 Stacks of fish lay in the hold of the Taiwanese-flagged fishing vessel Yu Feng as a result of alleged illegal fishing activity off the coast of Freetown Sierra Leone Crewmembers from the U S Coast Guard Cutter Legare WMEC 912 along with representatives from Sierra Leone's Armed Forces Maritime Wing Fisheries Ministry and Office of National Security found the illegal catch after conducting a joint boarding operation Sierra Leone is patrolling the waters further from their shore to protect their economic zone Legare homeported in Portsmouth Va is on a three-month deployment as part of Africa Partnership Station U S Coast Guard photo/Released 2009-08-17 090817-G-0000X-002 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 75468 U S Coast Guard photo Sierra Leone Fishery protection Commercial fishing in Taiwan PD-USGov-Military-Navy Africa Partnership Station 2009 |