Fishing villages call on Japanese government to stop Russian supertrawlers from entering Nemuro Strait

Two Japanese fishing villages are calling on their prefectural government to consider measures to stop the fishing operations of Russian trawlers in the Nemuro Strait.

The mayors, town councilors, and heads of local fishery cooperatives of Rausu and Betsukai, based in the Nemuro sub-prefecture of Hokkaido, are asking the Hokkaido government and Japan's Fisheries Agency, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to take action to stop the Russian trawlers.

The entry to the fishery of Russian super-trawlers operated by Russian Fishery Company has further concerned the Japanese side ... 

Photo courtesy of The Russian Fishery Company