Written by KGMB9 News – news@kgmb9.com
June 22, 2009 06:32 PM

A Honolulu fishing boat was allegedly caught in the act of fishing in illegal waters. These are United States Coast Guard airplane pictures of a ship in the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument.

Investigators say the plane’s crew captured the people on the ship abruptly pulling fishing lines out of the water. Later that day, the coast guard crews returned and found the lines cast again.

The ship was ordered back to Honolulu for investigation and possible fines. The nearly 14,000 square miles around the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands are the world’s largest