Japan's Five Medium-Sized Bottom Longliners Retire From Fishing Inside Russian Waters
Nemuro City's six bottom longline vessels of 50 tons or more will retire because Pacific cod's catch allocation decreased significantly at the fishery negotiations for the coast of Japan and Russia held in December last year. The annual negotiation determines the conditions for fishing operations. The low catch quota for 2020 called for all six vessels to retire. Five of these vessels will be out of business due to Japan's international fishing vessel reduction project based on reorganizing the international fishery operations...
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