Seoul and Beijing agree on cutting annual fisheries quota
- 5 years ago
South Korea and China are cutting 50 fishing boats in each of their exclusive economic zone starting next year.
Seoul's Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries says the agreement was reached Friday at the end of their four-day talks in Busan.
The deal allows the two to send up to one-thousand-4-hundred-50 boats into each other's exclusive waters.
The ministry said the decision to decrease quota comes after efforts to rein in illegal fishing by unauthorized Chinese boats along Korea's western maritime border.
On average some 400 to 500 Chinese vessels illegally fish in Korean waters every year.
Seoul's Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries says the agreement was reached Friday at the end of their four-day talks in Busan.
The deal allows the two to send up to one-thousand-4-hundred-50 boats into each other's exclusive waters.
The ministry said the decision to decrease quota comes after efforts to rein in illegal fishing by unauthorized Chinese boats along Korea's western maritime border.
On average some 400 to 500 Chinese vessels illegally fish in Korean waters every year.