The two illegal fishing vessels from Vietnam will be destroyed today by the National Fisheries Authority and PNGDF Navy's explosive ordinance and diving team.
A judicial official will be present to witness the destruction.
The HMPNGS Buna will tow the two illegal vessel to their sinking site outside Port Moresby.
The vessels were used by 50 Vietnamese fishermen that had been fishing in PNG waters off Budibidi Island in Milne Bay Province on December 22, 2016.
They were apprehended by the PNG Defence Force naval ship HPNGS Seadler.
A total of 77 drums of beche-de-mer (sea cucumbers) were found on board the foreign vessels.
Charged individually, all 50 appeared before Magistrate John Kaumi at the Bomana District Court house in March.
The 48 crew members were charged with one count of illegal fishing of sea cucumbers under the National Fisheries Management Act of 1998.
