稚内の漁船ロシアに連行　北海道沖

　北海道機船漁業協同組合連合会によると、２８日午前１１時ごろ、宗谷岬東方の沖合で操業中だった稚内機船漁協所属の底引き網漁船「第１７２栄宝丸」（１６０トン）が、ロシア警備当局の臨検を受け連行された。
　漁協に届け出がある栄宝丸の乗員は１４人で、第１管区海上保安本部や稚内市が当時の状況などを詳しく調べている。
　インタファクス通信によると、ロシア極東サハリン州の国境警備当局は２８日、オホーツク海のロシアの排他的経済水域（ＥＥＺ）で、日本漁船による違法な漁業活動を止めたと発表。漁船は国境警備当局の停止要請に従わず、逃亡しようとしたと指摘し、警告射撃を行ったと説明した。漁船はサハリン州のコルサコフ港に連行された。（2021/05/28-22:25）

A Japanese fishing boat has been seized by Russia while operating in waters off the northernmost Japan prefecture of Hokkaido, according to a local fisheries organization.
   The No. 172 Eiho Maru, which belongs to the Wakkanai Trawl Fisheries Cooperative Association in the Hokkaido city of Wakkanai, was captured by Russian security authorities after being searched when it was operating east of Cape Soya in Hokkaido around 11 a.m. Friday (2 a.m. GMT), the Hokkaido Trawl Fisheries Cooperative Federation said the same day.
   According to a report submitted in advance to the Wakkanai cooperative association, 14 crew members would be aboard the 160-ton fishing boat. The Japan Coast Guard's first regional headquarters, which is in charge of Hokkaido, and the Wakkanai municipal government are investigating details of the incident.
   Russia's Interfax news agency reported Friday that border guard authorities in Sakhalin in the Russian Far East region said they blocked illegal operations by a Japanese fishing boat in Russia's exclusive economic zone in the Sea of Okhotsk on the day.
   The authorities fired a warning shot as the fishing boat did not follow their order to stop and attempted to flee from the scene, according to the report. The fishing boat was taken to the port of Korsakov in Sakhalin.