Japanese officials clamor: Resolutely crack down on foreign fishing vessels' illegal fishing
February 13, Reuters (Japanese edition) report: At a press conference on the morning of February 13, Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Kiki Takeda clammed that the "Fisheries Agency" will continue to take resolute measures and crackdown actions to prevent and deter foreign fishing vessels from illegally fishing.
The Fisheries Agency detained a Chinese fishing vessel that did not comply with the stop order on February 12 (with 11 people on board).
According to the Kyushu "Fisheries Adjustment Office" of the Fisheries Agency, the captain of the Chinese fishing vessel, Zhao Nianli (translated, 47 years old), was arrested for suspected violation of the "Fisheries Ownership Law", because the Fisheries Agency's enforcement ship found a Chinese fishing vessel near the coast of Goto Islands, Nagasaki Prefecture on the 12th and ordered the vessel to stop at the scene for inspection. This is the first time the Fisheries Agency has arrested a foreign fishing vessel this year. It is also the first time since 2022 that a Chinese fishing vessel has been arrested.
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