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SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Japan’s coast guard detained a Chinese fishing boat near the southern Japanese island of Okinawa on Saturday and arrested the captain for collecting coral illegally, a coast guard official said. The vessel was detained off Miyako Island, some 150 km (95 miles) from islands in the East China Sea at the centre [...]
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Japan coast guard says detains Chinese fishing boat near Okinawa
Posted by admin on February 2nd, 2013
Iran seizes Saudi fishing vessels: Fars news agency
Posted by admin on January 8th, 2013
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s coast guard has detained two Saudi fishing vessels after they entered Iranian waters, the semi-official Fars news agency reported on Tuesday. Separated by about 250 km (150 miles) of Gulf waters, Shi’ite Muslim power Iran and Sunni Muslim-led Saudi Arabia have often had tense relations. Saudi Arabia, a U.S. ally, has [...]
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Tags: Agency, Fars, Fishing, Iran, news, Saudi, seizes, vessels 
No Comments »Japan releases Chinese caught illegally fishing
Posted by admin on December 31st, 2012
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese fishermen detained for illegal fishing in Japan’s waters were released Monday after promising to pay a 4.28 million yen ($ 49,700) fine, China’s state news agency Xinhua said, citing the consulate general in Japan’s southwestern city of Fukuoka. Xinhua said the detention of the three fishermen for unauthorized coral fishing within [...]
Chinese fishing boat detained in Japan: Xinhua
Posted by admin on December 31st, 2012
BEIJING (Reuters) – Japan's coastguard detained a Chinese fishing boat within Japanese waters on Sunday evening, China's Xinhua news agency said, citing the Chinese consulate general in Fukuoka, a city in southwestern Japan. The captain of the boat, registered in the southeastern Chinese province of Fujian, and two crew members have been brought to the [...]
Israel said to ease restrictions on Gaza fishing and farming
Posted by admin on November 24th, 2012
GAZA (Reuters) – Israel eased restrictions on Gaza fishermen on Saturday, further implementing a three-day-old truce brokered by Egypt after a week of fierce fighting, Palestinian officials said. Hundreds of thousands of Palestinian children headed back to school for the first time in 10 days, in another indication normal life was returning after cross-border violence [...]
Posted in Breaking News Tags: ease, Farming, Fishing, Gaza, Israel, restrictions, Said No Comments »Italian police seize fishing boat with 171 illegal immigrants
Posted by admin on November 5th, 2012
ROME (Reuters) – Financial police in Italy said on Monday they had seized a fishing boat the previous night with 171 illegal immigrants onboard, including 34 children, that had been trying to enter the European Union undetected. Police stopped the 25-metre boat off the coast of Calabria, the toe of the Italian boot, and escorted [...]
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