<기사제목>West Sea Coast Guard Agency Launches Special Crackdown on Chinese Fishing Boats Resuming Net Fishing

Special Crackdown Conducted to Release 5,000kg of Illegal Chinese Fishing Net Catches

The West Sea Regional Coast Guard announced that it conducted a special crackdown for three days from the 17th to the 19th, coinciding with the resumption of Chinese fishing vessels' net fishing operations. During this period, they discovered an illegally installed large seine net in the Korea-China Fisheries Agreement waters (103 km southwest of Gageodo) and released 5,000 kg of fish caught in the net's end bag.

The Coast Guard is conducting a special crackdown and cutting illegal gillnet fishing gear.
[Photo by Seohae Regional Coast Guard]

The large seine net, also known as a "ssakseulli fishing gear," is a large net approximately 250 meters long and 75 meters wide. The mesh size at the end bag is only 2 cm, which captures even juvenile fish, making it illegal to operate within the Korea-China Fisheries Agreement waters.

During the special crackdown, a total of 41 Chinese fishing vessels were inspected and searched. Three vessels with minor violations were issued warnings, while the remaining vessels were guided to comply with lawful fishing operations.

Kim Inchang, Commissioner of the West Sea Regional Coast Guard, stated, "We will thoroughly respond to illegal fishing by Chinese vessels to establish orderly fishing operations," and added, "We will do our best to protect maritime sovereignty and conserve fishery resources."

Meanwhile, the location of the illegally installed large seine net will be reported to the West Sea Fisheries Management Unit for removal.

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