Russia's Federation Council suggests banning salmon 
fisheries by Japan in Russia's waters
 

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

VLADIVOSTOK - Gennady Gorbunov, chairman of the committee 
on agrarian and food policy of the Federation Council upper 
house of the Russian parliament, has suggested banning 
Japan from engaging in drift-net fishery within Russia's 
exclusive economic zone in response to sanctions applied by 
that country against Russia.

 

Drift-net fishery is conducted by means of nets which are 
sent drifting downstream in a river or in the ocean. 
Fishermen from Japan engage in large-scale drift-netting of 
Pacific salmon in Russian waters under an intergovernmental 
agreement, while Russian fishery workers conduct studies of 
salmon stocks under a scientific program.

Gorbunov said at the opening of the ninth international 
congress of fishermen, "Provision must be made for 
examining as a reply measure the introduction of a full ban 
on Japan's drift-netting within Russia's exclusive economic 
zone".