MURMANSK, October 26 (RIA Novosti, Yekaterina Kozlova) - Two Russian fishing boats detained by the Norwegian Coast Guard Tuesday night are still anchored off the island of Medvezhy, the head of the company that owns the boats said Wednesday. "The boats are still anchored near the island with Norwegian coast guards aboard," Murmanrybprom General Director Vladimir Zagorovsky said.
He quoted the Dmitry Pokramovich captain as saying the situation was under control.
Earlier, Zagorovsky said the Norwegian authorities had questioned the captain and demanded that he sign legal documents in English, refusing to present copies to the ship's owner.
"The captain speaks fluent English, but not enough to comprehend the texts of legal documents," he said.
On Monday, the Norwegian Coast Guard detained the fishing boat, Kapitan Gorbachev, and the transport vessel, Dmitry Pokramovich, near the island of Medvezhy in the Barents Sea after the boats entered a 12-mile exclusive fishing zone without permission from Norwegian authorities.
