Russia's fishing vessel Oleg Naydyonov has left the Senegalese port of Dakar, a source with the Russian Federal Agency for Fishery (Rosrybolovstvo) told Interfax.

"The ship's captain has just called and said that they left the port," the source said.

The trawler is heading for fishing grounds in the exclusive economic zone of Guinea-Bissau where Senegalese soldiers detained it in early January and from where it was escorted to the port of Dakar.

The Oleg Naydyonov was released on a $1 billion bail paid by the ship-owner, the Fenix company from Murmansk. The bail may be returned to the ship-owner if the detention of the vessel is ruled illegal.



