Japan arrests Chinese fishing boat captains (Aug 2011)

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Japan arrests Chinese fishing boat captains


ReutersBy Kiyoshi Takenaka | Reuters

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Coastguard on Friday arrested two Chinese fishing boat captains whose vessels it said were operating without permission in waters Japan considers its exclusive economic zone.

The incident, which occurred 330 km (200 miles) northwest of Japan's western coast city of Wajima, follows an arrest last year of a Chinese trawler captain after his boat collided with Japanese patrol vessels near disputed islands, triggering a prolonged diplomatic row between Asia's two biggest economies.

The two fishing boats were operating about 1,800 km (1,125 miles) northeast of the contested isles, called Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China, and the Coastguard said the development appeared to be a straightforward illegal fishing case.

"The area happens to be a pretty good fishing ground. We are treating this as a simple case of illegal fishing," a Coastguard official said.

A total of 34 crew members, including the captains, and the ships will be brought to Japan as early as Saturday evening, the Coastguard said.

(Reporting by Kiyoshi Takenaka; Editing by Alex Richardson)
 

solarz

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So it happened 200 miles NW of Japanese coast and over 1000 miles NE of Diaoyu Islands? Why is that even considered to be in Japanese waters?
 

i.e.

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So it happened 200 miles NW of Japanese coast and over 1000 miles NE of Diaoyu Islands? Why is that even considered to be in Japanese waters?

because some body in Japan drew a huge line on the ocean there fore think it is legitmate.

you know, Lebensraum and all that for the yamato race.



for one thing USN should challenge japan's claim of EEZ.

but I know that would never happen. would it?
 
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Japan arrests Chinese fishing boat captains


ReutersBy Kiyoshi Takenaka | Reuters

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Coastguard on Friday arrested two Chinese fishing boat captains whose vessels it said were operating without permission in waters Japan considers its exclusive economic zone.

The incident, which occurred 330 km (200 miles) northwest of Japan's western coast city of Wajima, follows an arrest last year of a Chinese trawler captain after his boat collided with Japanese patrol vessels near disputed islands, triggering a prolonged diplomatic row between Asia's two biggest economies.

The two fishing boats were operating about 1,800 km (1,125 miles) northeast of the contested isles, called Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China, and the Coastguard said the development appeared to be a straightforward illegal fishing case.

"The area happens to be a pretty good fishing ground. We are treating this as a simple case of illegal fishing," a Coastguard official said.

A total of 34 crew members, including the captains, and the ships will be brought to Japan as early as Saturday evening, the Coastguard said.

(Reporting by Kiyoshi Takenaka; Editing by Alex Richardson)

It's really time for the CCP to divert the attention from Xinjiang to arrogant Japanese once again and retaliate to this continuous Japanese nonsense.
 
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Lezt

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China does not actually have a coastal area in that part of the sea, so it's not going to be a sovereignty dispute in this case.

I totally agree it is not a sovereignty dispute but saying it is 200 miles away from japan... or 173 NM away is really the farther end of the EEZ that Japan can claim and it seems like it overlaps with Korea's or Russia's as well.

Do you know if China is claiming the EEZ from the Qing border or the current one?
 

bladerunner

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I totally agree it is not a sovereignty dispute but saying it is 200 miles away from japan... or 173 NM away is really the farther end of the EEZ that Japan can claim and it seems like it overlaps with Korea's or Russia's as well.
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"Generally, a state's EEZ extends to a distance of 200 nautical miles (370 km) out from its coastal baseline. The exception to this rule occurs when EEZs would overlap; that is, state coastal baselines are less than 400 nautical miles (740 km) apart.

When an overlap occurs, it is up to the states to delineate the actual maritime boundary.[1] Generally, any point within an overlapping area defaults to the nearest state.[2]"

Whether the overlaps have been sorted out between Russia Japan Korea or not, lets not get too excited over this. As its nothing more than a couple of fishing boat captains trying their luck.and its something that happens all over the world. There was a time at night we can regularly see Japanese and Korean fishing /squid boats well within our EEZ. THey were so close, to use the term "spitting distance", would'nt be an exageration.
 
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