Such fishing is considered illegal by the present-day Australian government, and since the 1970s, if caught by authorities, the boats are burned and the fishermen are returned to Indonesia.
這種捕魚被現在澳大利亞政府認為是非法的，自1970年代以來，如果被當局逮捕，船隻被燒毀，漁民被遣返印尼。