Jamaican officials seize 13,000 pounds of fish, detain 82

Authorities in Jamaica have seized more than 13,000 pounds fish and arrested 82 people on charges of illegal fishing.

The island's Coast Guard said in a statement today that 59 of those fishermen were from the Dominican Republic.

Officials said the remainder were from Jamaica and did not have a fishing licence.

The arrests and seizures occurred in the past week.

Jamaica's Coast Guard said it expects the number of cases to grow because it recently bought a new fleet of boats to patrol waters around the island.