Japanese authorities seized a Chinese fishing boat on Thursday and arrested its captain after they caught the vessel illegally fishing inside its Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ).
Tokyo-based broadcaster NHK reports Japan’s Fisheries Agency patrol vessels spotted the intruder inside Japan’s EEZ roughly 165 kilometers southwest of the Island of Meshima, in Goto, Nagasaki.
The Chinese vessel reportedly defied an order to stop, leading to its capture.
Kyodo News reportedly identified the ship’s captain as 47 year-old Chinese national Zheng Nianli.
The vessel was reportedly described by Japanese authorities and media as a high-capacity. “tiger net…
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