Mokpo Coast Guard Seizes Two Illegal Fishing Chinese Vessels

Reduction of 750kg and 1660kg Recorded Separately for Catches in the Operation Log

The Mokpo Coast Guard's Maritime Special Operations Unit is boarding a Chinese fishing vessel for inspection. Photo by Mokpo Coast Guard

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Chunsu] Mokpo Coast Guard has seized two Chinese fishing vessels that illegally fished by underreporting their catch in our Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ).

According to the Mokpo Maritime Police Station on the 9th, at around 5:40 PM the previous day, two Chinese pair trawlers, Vessel A (99 tons, 17 crew members) and Vessel B (99 tons, 16 crew members), were seized on charges of falsifying fishing logs while operating 77.7 km southwest off Gageodo, Sinan-gun, Jeollanam-do.

Investigations by the Coast Guard revealed that although Vessels A and B caught 2,250 kg and 3,660 kg of mackerel respectively in our waters, their fishing logs falsely recorded catches of only 1,500 kg and 2,000 kg.

The Coast Guard plans to conduct further investigations into the violations with the captains and crew of Vessels A and B.

A Mokpo Coast Guard official stated, “We will continuously monitor the fishing activities of foreign vessels and strictly crack down on unauthorized illegal fishing as well as violations of restrictions to establish orderly fishing operations.”

Meanwhile, the Mokpo Maritime Police Station seized 22 foreign vessels engaged in unauthorized and illegal fishing last year, doing its utmost to protect South Korea’s maritime sovereignty.

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