Hokkaido Nemuro seizure of fishing boats Fine payment to Russia over 11 million yen Released December 24 10:50
A Russian court said on Thursday that five Russian fishing cooperatives belonging to a fishing cooperative in Nemuro City, which had been conducting octopus fishing in the waters around the northern territory, were seized by the Russian Border Protection Bureau. We ordered the captains to pay a fine of about 11 million yen in Japanese yen.
Russian security officials are expected to head to Nemuro, saying that the captain and crew were released shortly after 10:00 am Japan time, after a fine was confirmed against NHK coverage.