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lovuian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-22-07 06:36 PM
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Russians seize Japanese boat
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Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk (Russia), Jan 22 (RIA Novosti) Russia's Coast Guard has detained a Japanese fishing boat for allegedly poaching in Russian territorial waters in the Pacific, a border official said Monday.

The schooner Yoshi maru-31 violated Russian environmental laws by fishing in the restricted areas, the press service of Russia's Sakhalin Island border department said.

'The crew refused to obey an order to stop,' the spokesman said, adding that the ship was later escorted to the port of Yuzhno-Kurilsk on Kunashir Island in the South Kuril Islands
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As the oceans fish die
the Fishing Industry is going to have wars
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