{"id":55282,"date":"2023-06-02T10:00:19","date_gmt":"2023-06-02T01:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=55282"},"modified":"2026-04-05T14:32:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T05:32:58","slug":"n-korea-lifted-ban-on-fishing-in-the-west-sea-in-early-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/n-korea-lifted-ban-on-fishing-in-the-west-sea-in-early-may\/","title":{"rendered":"N. Korea lifted ban on fishing in the West Sea in early May"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North Korean fishing boats recently restarted fishing in the West Sea after a COVID-era ban on their activities was lifted, Daily NK has learned.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Speaking on condition of anonymity for security reasons, a reporting partner in North Pyongan Province told Daily NK on Tuesday that fishermen in Cholsan County and elsewhere restarted fishing in the West Sea in early May.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fishing was banned after North Korea closed its borders in January 2020. The ban forced fishermen to pursue other lines of work to make ends meet. The lifting of the ban has led to a flurry of activity at the country\u2019s state-run fisheries.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That being said, fishermen are restricted to fishing under the auspices of state-run fisheries and banned from making their own money by selling fish to buyers in China. This means that fishermen are not making as much money from their work as they were prior to the pandemic.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fishermen can sell shellfish to Chinese trading companies for RMB 10 (USD 1.41) a kilogram, but shellfish sold for domestic consumption nets only RMB 3 or RMB 4 (around 0.40 &#8211; 0.60 cents) a kilogram.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many fishermen are complaining that there is not much of a catch because they have so little netting, and with nowhere to sell to, they are just struggling at sea for nothing, the reporting partner said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He said that many fishermen are hoping that the government quickly relaxes regulations so they can operate in small-scale work units, and smuggle their catches into China.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, North Korea confiscated small privately-owned fishing boats, placing them under the management of fisheries.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a rule, the North Korean government does not permit individuals to own boats. Before the pandemic, however, some members of the country\u2019s wealthy entrepreneurial class, or <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">donju<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, purchased small-scale boats and, after simply registering them with fisheries, operated them as private fishing vessels. These fishing entrepreneurs earned profits by selling some of their catch to Chinese trading companies.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, under the pretext of stopping smuggling to prevent the spread of COVID-19, the North Korean government confiscated small privately operated boats and, to this day, small fishing boats are forbidden to engage in fishing activities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In fact, multiple Daily NK reporting partners have confirmed that no fishing boats smaller than 20 tons have been seen in the waters off Cholsan County.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cFishermen working for fisheries don\u2019t make money,\u201d a reporting partner in South Pyongan Province told Daily NK. \u201cFishermen will only be able to make ends meet if [the government] allows small boats to go to sea like in the old days.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><i>Translated by David Black. Edited by Robert Lauler.\u00a0<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Daily NK works with a network of reporting partners who live inside North Korea and China. Their identities remain anonymous due to security concerns. More information about Daily NK\u2019s reporting partner network and information gathering activities can be found on our FAQ page\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/faq\/\">here<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><i>Please direct any comments or questions about this article to dailynkenglish@uni-media.net.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/20230530-6\/\"><i>Read in Korean<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Korean fishing boats recently restarted fishing in the West Sea after a COVID-era ban on their activities was lifted, Daily NK has learned.\u00a0 Speaking on condition of anonymity for security reasons, a reporting partner in North Pyongan Province told Daily NK on Tuesday that fishermen in Cholsan County and elsewhere restarted fishing in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":211,"featured_media":42534,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[755,763],"class_list":["post-55282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-fishing","tag-covid-19"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.7 (Yoast SEO v28.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>N. 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