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FISHING BOAT

Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 3, 2019
Fishing boat crew returns home to Tottori Prefecture after being released by Russia
A Japanese crab-fishing boat detained by Russian authorities in late January over alleged illegal fishing returned to its home port Sunday.
JAPAN
Dec 15, 2016
Two more bodies found inside sunken fishing boat off Shimane Prefecture
The Japan Coast Guard on Thursday found two bodies inside a sunken fishing boat that capsized the previous day off Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, in the Sea of Japan.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 14, 2016
One killed, nine missing as fishing boat capsizes off Matsue
A vessel being towed by another fishing boat capsizes off Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, triggering a search for its crew.
JAPAN
Sep 1, 2015
Russia-seized salmon boat to be returned today
A Japanese salmon boat and its 11 crew members seized by Russian authorities July 17 for alleged illegal fishing will return home Tuesday, the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo said Monday.
JAPAN
Aug 13, 2014
Hong Kong blocks Senkakus-bound boat carrying isle sovereignty advocates
Hong Kong maritime authorities on Tuesday blocked the navigation of a fishing boat carrying a dozen people, including Hong Kong-based activists, asserting Chinese sovereignty over the Japan-administered Senkaku Islands after it left a local port, an official said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 3, 2014
Three crewmen die after trawler fire off Kochi
Three crew members of a tuna boat were confirmed dead Monday after their trawler caught fire in the Pacific on Sunday, Coast Guard officials said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 15, 2014
Anglers hurt in collision with MSDF
A sports fishing boat capsized and sank Wednesday morning after colliding with a Maritime Self-Defense Force transport ship in the Seto Inland Sea off Otake, Hiroshima Prefecture, leaving two of the four men on board the leisure craft in critical condition, the Defense Ministry and the Japan Coast Guard said.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 7, 2013
Japan Coast Guard seizes Taiwanese trawler fishing illegally off Kagoshima
The Coast Guard has detained a Taiwanese trawler found to be fishing in Japanese waters off Kagoshima Prefecture, Taiwan's Fisheries Agency reported Thursday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 4, 2013
Korean fishing boat skipper arrested
The Japan Coast Guard has arrested the captain of a South Korean fishing boat that ignored an order to stop for inspection in Japan's exclusive economic zone, the coast guard said Sunday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 4, 2013
Tohoku boat found in Sea of Japan
A fishing boat from tsunami-ravaged Kesennuma is found on the other side of Honshu in the Sea of Japan after apparently circulating across the Pacific and back.

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