. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. 70 COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW Vol. 14, No. 10. FISHERMEN SEEK PROTECTION AGAINST BOAT SEIZURES BY RUSSIA AND RED CHINA: Japanese fishermen have petitioned the Diet and the Japanese Fisheries Agency for protection of Japanese fishing boats against sei- zure by Russia and Red China, declares an Au- gust 14 American Embassy dispatch from TokyOo The Nippon Times (August 12) reports: "ap- proximately 280 Japanese fishing boats with some 2,700 fishermen engaged in fishing in the East China Sea and the Sea of Okhotsk (north of Hokkaido) have
. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. 70 COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW Vol. 14, No. 10. FISHERMEN SEEK PROTECTION AGAINST BOAT SEIZURES BY RUSSIA AND RED CHINA: Japanese fishermen have petitioned the Diet and the Japanese Fisheries Agency for protection of Japanese fishing boats against sei- zure by Russia and Red China, declares an Au- gust 14 American Embassy dispatch from TokyOo The Nippon Times (August 12) reports: "ap- proximately 280 Japanese fishing boats with some 2,700 fishermen engaged in fishing in the East China Sea and the Sea of Okhotsk (north of Hokkaido) have been captured by Communist patrol boats during the past seven yearso" The news item states that Russia captured 195 Japanese boats, of which 134 have been released. Approximately 1,700 Japanese fishermen were captured, but only 1,536 have been released. Red China has captured 84 Japanese fishing boats and has returned all but one wooden boat. (Note: An official report of the Fisheries Agency shows 87 boats seized by Red China.) Japanese fishermen captured by Red China number 1,040. To date 890 have been released and returned home. At the present time, Japan has no armed vessels conducting fisheries patrols in any region where Japanese fishing boats are operating. PLANS FOR RESUMING PEARL FISHING IN THE ARAFURA SEA; Japanese pearl fisher- men are anxious to resume prewar operations in the Arafura Sea between Northern Australia and Dutch New Guinea. Reportedly, negotiations are under way for the formation of a Japanese firm to engage in this pearl fishing. Presumably, proposed areas of fishing are under the territorial jurisdiction of Australia. Permission of Australia's authorities would have to be obtained under such circumstances. Permission of the Japanese Government would also have to be obtained by Japanese to engage in such a fishing enterprise. No request for such permission has been received to date by the Japanese Fisheries Agency, according to the American Em- ba
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