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N. Korean sailor convicted of illegal fishing in Russian waters

Russian court fines North Korean skipper for illegal squid fishing

The captain of a North Korean fishing boat has been convicted of illegal squid fishing in Russian waters by a Nahodka City court, the Voice of Russia reported on November 21.

The North Korean fishing boat trespassed into Russia’s economic zone between August 9 to 13 and caught over 5,000 squids of a value of around $1200, the Voice of Russia said, quoting an official November 20 court dispatch.

The Nahodka City court dispatch said that the illegal fishing incursion was committed by a North Korean citizen named Han Chong Son, born on July 1962. The Nakhodka City Court prosecutor’s office