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Japan coast guard says detains Chinese fishing boat near Okinawa - Yahoo! News
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Japan's coast guard
detained a Chinese fishing boat near the southern
Japanese island of Okinawa on Saturday and
arrested the captain for collecting coral illegally, a
coast guard official said. The vessel was detained off Miyako Island, some
150 km (95 miles) from islands in the East China
Sea at the centre of a territorial dispute between
the two countries, and about 400 km (250 miles)
east of Taipei. A long-simmering row over the East China Sea
islands, known as the Senkaku in Japan and the
Diaoyu in China, has in recent months escalated to
the point where both sides have scrambled
fighter jets while patrol ships shadow each other
in nearby seas. In September 2010, the arrest of a Chinese
trawler captain by the Japanese coast guard near
the disputed islands triggered a barrage of strong
words from Beijing and protests in front of
Japanese diplomatic missions. The Japanese coast guard official said on Saturday
the captain of the boat was arrested for alleged
violation of Japanese law to protect the country's
Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) from unauthorized
fishing. The vessel was found collecting coral inside the
EEZ, 46 km east-northeast of Miyako island, east of
Ishigaki, the official said. The boat and crew of 12 people were being
taken to Miyako island. China's official Xinhua news agency, quoting the
Chinese Consulate General in the city of Fukuoka,
said the vessel had been detained for "alleged
unauthorized coral fishing". "The consulate has urged the Japanese side to
ensure the safety of the Chinese sailors and will
visit the captain when he arrives at Miyako,"
Xinhua reported.
Is it legally allowed in China the harvesting of corals by Chinese fishermen??? Do you not have any law banning the harvesting and destruction of corals???