Russian Gov't Says IUU Crab Poaching Making Comeback in Sea of Okhotsk
SEAFOODNEWS.COM by Eugene Gerden Sept. 8, 2016
The Russian government is considering additional measures, aimed at suppressing crab poaching in the Sea of Okhotsk and other Russia’s centers of crab production.
Despite the measures taken by the Russian government in recent years, the situation crab poaching remains rampant, according to the Border Service. According to an official spokesman of the Russian Border Service, foreign ships, registered in the third world countries, regularly enter Russian territorial waters for the illegal crab catch.
Since the beginning of the current year, up to 30 of such ships have been arrested by the Russian Coast Guard just in the Sea of Okhotsk.
The majority of them arrive from the South Korean port of Busan. According to the Russian Border Service, crab poaching continues to be very profitable for its organizers,..
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