Japan releases Taiwanese fishing boat held for trespassing
ROC Central News Agency
2013/05/30 23:00:47
Taipei, May 30 (CNA) A Taiwanese fishing boat that was detained by Japanese authorities Wednesday for trespassing in waters south of Japan's Yaeyama Islands has been released and its captain has also been freed after being fined, according the Fisheries Agency.
The 50-ton Yi Sheng No.12 from the northeastern county of Yilan was released at 12:48 p.m. Thursday, the agency said.
The fishing boat was suspected of having strayed beyond the area covered by a recent fishing agreement between Taiwan and Japan that spells out their fishing rights in their overlapping exclusive economic zones in the East China Sea.
It was the fourth time a Taiwanese fishing boat had been detained by Japanese authorities since the two countries signed the agreement April 10 on fishing rights near the disputed Diaoyutai Islands.
The Fisheries Agency said it has urged fishermen operating there not to go beyond the area covered by the agreement.
(By Yang Shu-min and Sofia Wu)
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