Russian authorities seize five fishing boats belonging to the Nemuro-shi fishery cooperative to be fined December 18 18:32

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Russian officials say that the illegal operation of Russian vessels increased in relation to the fact that five fishing boats belonging to the fishery cooperative in Nemuro, Hokkaido, which had been octopus fishing in the waters around the northern territory, were taken to the Russian border guard station. Catch the ship and reveal the prospects for fine penalties.

On the 17th, eight fishing boats belonging to the fishery cooperative of Nemuro City, Hokkaido, which had been octopus fishing in the waters around the Tohmai archipelago in the northern territory, were inspected by the Russian border guard station. I was taken to Kogama Port in Goshima.

The five fishing boats are two of the Ochiishi Fishery Cooperative in Nemuro City, two of the Nemuro Fishery Cooperative, and one of the Temu Fishing Cooperative.

In this regard, a person in charge of Russian border guards suspected illegal operation of NHK's interviews because they found fish not listed in the operation diary or exceeded the limit amount from fishing vessels. It was revealed that five ships were captured.

After that, we carefully scrutinized the type and quantity of the catch and clarified the prospects for imposing fine administrative sanctions.

There are 24 Japanese on the five vessels, but according to the Japanese Consulate General in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk in the Russian Far East, all have no health problems.

On the other hand, the Japanese government has requested that Russia return to the port as soon as possible from a humanitarian perspective, saying that “taken is not acceptable”.