Local fishing cooperatives gathered information on fishing boats Health condition of crew, etc. December 18, 12:27

Gathering information on the response of crew members at local fishing cooperatives, etc., following the fact that five fishing boats belonging to the fishing cooperative in Nemuro, Hokkaido were taken by the Russian authorities to Kunigo Island in the northern territory. It is hit

According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Hokkaido, on the 17th, eight fishing boats belonging to the Nemuro City fishery cooperative were inspected by the Russian side in the waters around the Tomumai Islands, and 24 of them were taken to Kunigo Island. It was.

There are two fishing boats in Nemuro Fishery Cooperative, two in Ochiishi Fishery Cooperative, and one in Togei Fish Cooperative.

The five vessels have octopus fishing in the framework of “safe operation” based on the agreement between the governments of Japan and Russia. It is that.

In response to this, the Nemuro fishery cooperative is collecting information on how the crew receives the response from the Russian authorities and health conditions.

A fisherman working in the port of Nemuro said, “We are very careful in completing the logbook because of the Russian authorities' access.”