But Julie Speegle said it's her understanding that the captain, who's from Taiwan, would be delivered to authorities in his country for legal action on their part.
A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement earlier said the crew would be deported.
Last month, the Coast Guard seized the Bangun Perkasa about 2,600 miles southwest of Kodiak, after a report that the vessel had been fishing illegally with a drift net. A Coast Guard spokeswoman has said the crew initially claimed the vessel was from Indonesia but authorities in Indonesia didn't claim it.
Speegle said the case remains under investigation.
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