Japan, Korea expel each other's fishing boats from EEZ as bilateral fisheries talks come to deadlock
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [JAPAN REPORTS] Tokyo July 31, 2014
Japan and Korea are in an abnormal plight of expelling each other's fishing vessels from respective exclusive economic zone (EEZ) as the bilateral fisheries negotiations come to a dead end.
In the annual talks, Japan urged Korea to improve the present situation of Korean fishing boats in its EEZ, pointing out that Koreans are engaged in illegal activities in hairtail catch.
Negotiations came to a halt as Korea refused to cater to this request.
The two countries were unable to strike an agreement by June 30, the limit date, thus ending up in shutting the other country’s fishing vessels from their EEZs effective from July 1.
This was the first case where the two countries' fishermen were rendered unable to operate in each other's EEZ ever since 1999...
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