Head of the Council of the Federation Committee for agrarian and food policy and environmental management Gennady Gorbunov in the process of the Ninth international Congress of fishermen in Vladivostok called for the ban to Japan to conduct Drift-net fishing in the exclusive economic area of Russia.
Country (Japan - approx. OPINION) introduced against Russia their punishment unilaterally. In this regard, in the form of response would be timely to consider the introduction of a comprehensive ban Japanese drift net fishery in the exclusive economic area of the Russian Federation. The Federation Council on the results of the meeting will send the appropriate request to the Federal Agency for fishery, " said Gorbunov, RIA " Novosti ". Zam. the Minister of agriculture, head of the Federal Agency for fishery Ilya Shestakov said that the initiative must be considered." The proposal deserves attention. It is, without a doubt, it is necessary to analyze in detail. On the one hand, the Proposal, of course, affects our fishing industry, but the opposite has quite a serious political issue. For this reason, must be developed With colleagues from other departments, most importantly With the MFA, " he said. Drift-net fishing - drift-net fishing is used to catch fish in the surface water layers. Japan March 18, introduced the 1st batch of sentences about Russia, which was associated With the position of Russia in the Crimea. Punishment is then provided for the suspension of advice on easing the visa regime and the start of negotiations on the possible signing of three agreements on investment cooperation, on cooperation in space and on the prevention of dangerous military activities. Later, at the end of July, the Secretary General of the government of Japan Acehide Suga announced fresh punishment Japan against Russia in connection With the situation in Ukraine. These measures include the freezing of assets on the Japanese Islands of individuals and organizations, " specifically related to the annexation of Crimea to Russia and to the destabilization of the situation in the East of Ukraine. In addition, the introduced limits on the import of the Crimean items. Also the Japanese foreign Ministry on August 5, announced the list of 40 persons and 2 organizations that are blessed by the government sanctions against Russia. According to the list, under penalties were officials of the Crimea and Authorized the government of Donetsk and Lugansk republics.

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