In Australia's north, Indigenous rangers are battling a spike in illegal foreign fishers [smiley=thumbsup.gif]

The fact that the Aborigine Rangers have to catch them, shows how the Indonesians are getting past the Navy's incompetence.

We are not at war Jasin. The navy is not supposed to manage this sort of thing, any more than the airforce is supposed to check your passport on the way in.

Coastguard?
Why are they getting through. They've been hitting the shore, processing their fish since the 80's.

It probably costs us more to stop them than we loose in poached fish.

I hate it when you're right :D

...maybe if locals are allowed to put big machine guns on their Recreational Fishing boats. It could provide a cost effective volunteer detterant?

The locals would probably be happy with a few coral trout.