Fishermen

Nauru Media News – NTV reports a number of crew members on drifting vessels in the EEZ tested positive for COVID-19 in recent days and weeks.

Fishermen are strongly advised to keep clear of any ship that is at sea around Nauru and not to make any contact with its crew members.

This includes cargo, fuel and fishing vessels such as purse seiners. Fortunately, none of the positive crew and vessels has come to Nauru as they are in isolation.

Another eight fishermen from the Cape Town trawler survived the disaster, which happened Sunday south of Hangklip, Western Cape province, the National Sea Rescue Institute said. The Cape Town-based institute said in a statement that nine bodies were recovered from the water and another fishermen who had been rescued later died of injuries.