MOKPO, May 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s maritime authorities said Tuesday they have scraped seven Chinese fishing boats that had been seized for illegal fishing in local waters. The decision to break apart the impounded vessels, the first such action taken this year, was taken as the owners of the ships failed to pay [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea on Wednesday asked China to step up efforts to crack down on its fishing boats illegally operating in Korean waters, the foreign ministry said. The request was made in an annual consular meeting in Seoul led by Lee Jae-wan, director-general at the ministry’s overseas Koreans and consular [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The amount of squid caught in the East Sea now has been slashed to only one-third of 2004 levels, as thousands of Chinese fishing boats have started operating in North Korean waters, government data showed Monday. Squid are caught by Chinese vessels in the northern part of the East [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 31 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean coast guard said Thursday that under a revised bill it will be able to use firearms while cracking down on illegal fishing as long as the use of force is within legal boundaries. Under the revision that passed the National Assembly, the coast guard is allowed [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s offshore fisheries output sank to a 44-year low in 2016 due to tumbling fish stocks caused by a combination of Chinese illegal fishing, climate change and overfishing, a report showed Monday. The country’s inshore and offshore fisheries production came to 923,000 tons last year, down 12.7 percent [...]
INCHEON, Jan. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – A special unit of the South Korean Coast Guard will soon launch, with its mandate specifically dedicated to protecting western seas off the coast of Incheon from illegal Chinese fishing operations. According to the Central Regional Headquarters Korea Coast Guard, 331 coast guard personnel will be assigned to the [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea and China have reached a deal on their annual fisheries agreement that will set their fishing quota in each other’s exclusive waters and also require additional measures, especially by Beijing, to crack down on illegal fishing by Chinese boats, the Seoul government said Friday. The agreement was [...]
MOKPO, South Korea, Oct. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – The captain of a Chinese fishing boat that caught fire during an inspection by the South Korean Coast Guard last month has been indicted over obstruction of justice and professional negligence resulting in injuries, South Korean prosecutors said Friday. The 102-ton Chinese vessel with a 14-member crew [...]
INCHEON, Oct. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – Korea’s Coast Guard held a live fire exercise Thursday, sending a strong message to Chinese vessels fishing illegally in Korean waters. A Coast Guard speedboat was sunk last Friday after being rammed by a Chinese fishing boat. The drill was a part of the Coast Guard’s biannual exercises, and [...]
INCHEON, Oct. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Last Friday, a 4.5-ton speedboat of the South Korean Coast Guard sank after being rammed by one of some 40 Chinese fishing boats that were illegally fishing off the coast of Socheong Island, Incheon. Although no causalities resulted from the incident, there is concern that Korea’s lax approach towards [...]