Police spokeswomen Zeljka Radosevic said the trawler crew was fishing near a remote island in Croatian waters and not inside the new Croatian Ecological and Fisheries Protected Zone (ZERP), which extends to the middle of the Adriatic.
Portparolka policije Željka Radošević izjavila je da su italijanski ribari lovili u blizini jednog udaljenog ostrva u hrvatskim vodama, ali ne unutar Hrvatske zaštićene ekološko-ribolovne zone (ZERP) koja se proteže do sredine Jadrana.