Seizure of 961 Illegal Crab Pots Believed to Be of Foreign Origin in the Sea of Okhotsk
Suisan Keizai Shimbun reported that the Fisheries Law Enforcement Division Sapporo Branch of the Fisheries Agency of Japan announced the last year's seizure of illegal fishing gear in the Okhotsk Sea on February 10.
Since the disappearance of the drift ice in the Sea of Okhotsk, seizure activity has been carried out on the Kitami Yamato Bank, north of Monbetsu, in Japan's 200-mile EEZ. The number of seizure cases was 12, an increase of two cases from the previous year...
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