S.Korea, China Set Fishing Quota for 2011

South Korea and China have set the catch quota for Korean vessels fishing in China’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) at 64-thousand tons for next year. That’s around two-thousand tons less than this year.

The Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in Seoul said that the two sides reached the agreement during a bilateral meeting in China.
The two sides also agreed to set the number of Korean fishing vessels allowed in China’s EEZ at 16-hundred next year, or the same as this year.

The number of Chinese fishing vessels permitted in South Korea's EEZ was set at 17-hundred for next year, down 50 from this year, while the fishing quota for Chinese vessels in Korea’s exclusive economic zone was set at 65-thousand tons, down 25-thousand tons from this year. 

The ministry said that during recent talks the two sides also agreed to come up with ways to root out illegal fishing by Chinese vessels, including fishing without permits and violations of territorial waters.