Catch (Thousands of Metric Tons) 



1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 

 Source Statistical Yearbook w> Mgiiv.uiio<a, r>^>e»i>y. o..J Fisheries, The ROK 

 Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries, 1986-1992. 



□ total 



kJ North Pacitic Trawlers 



LD Other Trawlers 



QTuna Longliner 



 Squid Drlftnet 



kjTuna Purse Seine 



Lfj Squid Jigging 



Figure 2 Repuhtir of Korea. OisUtiil-wuler Ji.slierie\ ralch. by vessel type: 19X5-91. 



nautical miles and the subsequent establishment of 

 Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ). the ROK had access 

 to lucrative Alaska pollock fisheries in U.S. and Soviet 

 waters. Even after access was limited for ROK 

 fishennen, the ROK was able to increase total Alaska 

 pollock catches during the late 1970s and early 1980s, 

 with a peak catch of nearly 600,000 t in 1986. 

 Beginning in 1985, however, directed fi.shing 

 allocations for the ROK within the U.S. EEZ were 

 sharply reduced and were finally reduced to zero in 

 1988. 



ROK trawlers consequently shifted their effort to 

 the high-seas area of the Central Bering Sea doiiut 

 hole. Tlie ROK donut hole catch increased from only 

 13,000 t in 1980 to over 300,000 t in 1989 (appendix 

 F). The dramatic drop in donut hole catches during 

 1990 and 1991 and a subsequent voluntary moratorium 

 on fishing in the donut hole during 1993/94, caused the 

 ROK North Pacific fleet to shift its effort to Japanese, 

 Russian, and peanut hole waters. In September 1992, 

 the ROK Government announced plans to redeploy the 

 4 1 -vessel North Pacific ROK trawler fleet by sending 

 31 vessels to Russian and peanut hole waters, and 10 

 vessels to waters off Hokkaido, Japan. Under the 

 ROK-Japan fisheries agreement, Japan may not 

 regulate ROK vessels fishing outside Japan's 12-mile 

 territorial waters. The ROK Government has agreed to 

 licen.se only 14 trawlers to fish in this region, but the 

 Japanese Government has been pressing for further 



reductions.' 



The Russian Federation's unilateral declaration of 

 a ban on fishing in the peanut hole as of June 15, 

 1993, prompted the ROK to temporarily withdraw its 

 fleet (reportedly 18 trawlers) from the peanut hole and 

 from the Russian Exclusive Economic Zone in the 

 spring of 1993. As a good faith measure, the ROK 

 offered to reduce its peanut hole catch by 25 percent in 

 1993, but made clear its intention to resume fishing 

 once that mark was reached. It is unclear whether 

 ROK trawlers have resumed fishing in the peanut hole, 

 but the ROK Government informed Russia in August 

 1993, that it will allow its trawlers to resume fishing in 

 the peanut hole." 



The Japanese fisheries press reports that the ROK 

 North Pacific trawler catch has decreased by nearly 50 

 percent during the first half of 1993, from 100,000 t in 

 the first half of 1992 to 54,000 t in the first half of 

 1993. The same press report indicates that only 24 of 

 the 32 ROK vessels licensed to fish in this region are 

 actually fishing. The remaining vessels are reportedly 

 tied up ill Pusan.' 



North Atlantic Trawlers; Four ROK trawlers 

 have been fishing in Nt)rtli Atlantic high-seas waters, 

 just outside the Canadian EEZ off the coast of 

 Newfoundland. According to the ROK Government, 



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