Navy trawls for foreign fishing boats

A Canadian frigate will patrol the waters of the eastern Arctic in search of illegal fishing vessels.

The HMCS Fredericton left Halifax on Thursday, Aug. 18, bound for the Davis Straight, where it’s scheduled to patrol until the second week of September.

The ship has on board several officials from the department of fisheries and oceans, who will be on the lookout for Greenlandic fishers from the Faroe Islands who are suspected of fishing illegally in Canadian waters.

Visits to Iqaluit and Pond Inlet are also scheduled.