A Chinese fishing boat collided with an unidentified cargo ship Thursday night in seas near South Korea 's southern resort island of Jeju, leaving 10 Chinese fishermen missing, the Yonhap news agency reported on Friday.
The Thai government was on Monday urged to speed up the official process for the legalization of migrant workers hired by the fishing industry.
Israel has partially lifted its fishing ban in Gaza to allow fishing within three nautical miles off Gaza shores, the Ha'aretz daily reported on Sunday.
Two Chinese sailors were admitted in UC San Diego Medical Center approximately at 8 p. m. Monday night for further treatment after their boat caught fire and sank in waters off Mexico. Both of them are in stable condition, a doctor told the press Tuesday.
Shao Guoqing hauled his boat and fishing equipment onshore as the Yangtze, dubbed China's Mother River, entered its three-month fishing moratorium on Tuesday.
Two trawlers capsized after collision with a cargo ship which also hit their fishing nets off the western Japanese prefecture of Wakayama on Friday morning
A crew member on the fishing boat which sank Wednesday morning after colliding with a Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) transport vessel off Hiroshima Prefecture died early on Thursday, bringing the death toll to two, local media reported.
Japan's Ministry of Defense (MOD) announced Wednesday that one if its transport vessels had been involved in a collision with a fishing boat.
Philippine Coast Guuard (PCG) confirmed on Thursday that a Taiwanese fisherman and his vessel were seized by police operatives off Batanes Islands.
Philippine President Benigno Aquino III said Monday that he expects the report of the National Bureau of Investigation on the killing of a Taiwanese fisherman by the Philippine Coast Guard this week.
A spokesman for China's Foreign Ministry refuted Vietnam's accusations that a Chinese vessel collided with a Vietnamese fishing boat in Vietnamese waters and urged Vietnam to stop illegal fishing in China's Xisha Islands waters.
Taiwanese authorities and the Philippines swapped teams on Monday to start investigating the fatal shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) earlier this month.
The Philippine National Bureau of Investigations (NBI) is close to finishing its investigations on a Taiwan fisherman shot dead by Philippine coast guards, Philippine President Benigno Aquino III said Tuesday.
Philippine President Benigno Aquino has appointed his personal representative to convey his apology to the family of the Taiwanese fisherman who was killed by the Philippine Coast Guard, Presidential Spokesman Edwin Lacierda said Wednesday.
Taiwan authorities decided on Sunday to dispatch a fleet to conduct regular patrol in waters to the south of the island to guard fishing boats following the shooting-death of a Taiwanese fisherman by the Philippine side at sea.
The skipper and all other crew members of a Chinese fishing boat Japanese coast guard detained Saturday near the Okinawa Prefecture were released on late Sunday, said the Chinese Consulate General in Fukuoka.
Three crew members and 24 tourists have been stranded aboard a fishing boat at Xisha Islands, South China Sea, due to strong winds and high waves on the sea, local maritime authorities said on Wednesday.
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