{"id":38655,"date":"2018-11-27T18:34:23","date_gmt":"2018-11-27T09:34:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=38655"},"modified":"2023-08-23T21:02:52","modified_gmt":"2023-08-23T12:02:52","slug":"north-korean-fishermen-risking-lives-to-meet-fishing-quotas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/north-korean-fishermen-risking-lives-to-meet-fishing-quotas\/","title":{"rendered":"North Korean fishermen risking lives to meet fishing quotas"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_37951\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37951\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/10\/\uae30\uc0ac2\ubd8000004.MTS_.00_00_11_02.Still001.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-37951 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/10\/\uae30\uc0ac2\ubd8000004.MTS_.00_00_11_02.Still001.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/10\/\uae30\uc0ac2\ubd8000004.MTS_.00_00_11_02.Still001.png 1280w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/10\/\uae30\uc0ac2\ubd8000004.MTS_.00_00_11_02.Still001-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/10\/\uae30\uc0ac2\ubd8000004.MTS_.00_00_11_02.Still001-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/10\/\uae30\uc0ac2\ubd8000004.MTS_.00_00_11_02.Still001-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/10\/\uae30\uc0ac2\ubd8000004.MTS_.00_00_11_02.Still001-696x392.png 696w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/10\/\uae30\uc0ac2\ubd8000004.MTS_.00_00_11_02.Still001-1068x601.png 1068w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/10\/\uae30\uc0ac2\ubd8000004.MTS_.00_00_11_02.Still001-747x420.png 747w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37951\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">North Korean fisherman fishing for squid in the EEZ. Image: Hokkoku Shimbun<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North Korean fishermen in Chongjin, North Hamgyong Province, are continuing to risk their lives to catch fish due to the regime\u2019s policies aimed at increasing the volume of marine products produced by the country. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cA lot of people die due to careless fishing operations each year, and this year we\u2019ve lost a lot. The authorities are telling them all to \u2018earn a lot of money, and they pay for it with their lives,&#8221;\u00a0said a North Hamgyong Province-based source on November 25.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe number of fishing boats out at sea near Chongjin seems to have grown three-fold over the past 10 years. More boats are needed, of course, to meet the quotas handed down from above.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fishermen are heading out to sea without proper preparation to meet the fishing quotas set by the authorities. There has also been a decline in the numbers of squid and other marine animals (that typically fetch high-prices) near the coast, meaning that the fishermen have to head further out to sea to catch them, the source reported. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to an Asia Press report citing the Japanese Fisheries Agency, North Korean fishing boats have been seen near Japan\u2019s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) since late May, and some 5,000 North Korean fishing boats are estimated to be fishing illegally in this zone following a drastic rise in the area in October.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Through special reporting earlier this year, Daily NK interviewed Japanese fishermen who said that the number of North Korean squid-catching boats fishing in Japanese waters had increased significantly. The fishermen all noted that the North Korean boats they had seen were small craft unsuitable for fishing in the open ocean, with one fisherman noting that &#8220;taking such a boat out to sea is suicide.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite the situation, the North Korean authorities continue to press fishermen to increase their production. During his New Year\u2019s Address in January this year, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un stressed the &#8220;need to raise [the battle spirit] in the agricultural and marine product \u2018frontlines.'&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Premier Pak Pong Ju stated during the 6th Meeting of the 13th Supreme People\u2019s Assembly in April, \u201cWe will unconditionally meet our marine production goals in the marine product sector through a scientific fishing battle.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The North Korean authorities are promoting a \u201cfishing battle\u201d as part of their efforts to overcome the government\u2019s lack of funds due to international sanctions. UN Resolution No. 2371 completely prohibits the import of North Korean marine products, but the products are nonetheless being circulated across the Sino-North Korean border, according to sources in the country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cChinese [merchants] come to Rason and buy fresh fish, freeze them and then take them back to China,\u201d said a separate source in North Hamgyong Province. \u201cThey pay for the fish with Chinese yuan and take back clothes, rice and whatever else back to China through Rason, regardless of the sanctions.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North Korean fishermen, meanwhile, find out about weather conditions by listening to South Korean radio.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cFishermen use their mobile phones or small radios to listen to South Korean radio out at sea,\u201d said a source in South Hamgyong Province<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. \u201cNorth Korea has its own weather broadcasts, but it\u2019s unreliable. 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