サケ・マス漁獲枠維持　日ロ交渉妥結、２０５０トン

　水産庁は２３日未明、日本が２００カイリ水域内で行うサケ・マス漁に関するロシアとの漁業交渉が実質的に妥結したと発表した。２０２２年の漁獲枠は２０５０トンで、２１年と同水準。２５日に署名などの手続きを行う。５月初旬に出漁できる見通しで、例年に比べて出漁時期は遅れたものの、盛漁期には間に合う。
　ロシアによるウクライナ侵攻で日本が米欧と歩調を合わせて経済制裁を実施する中、１１日からオンラインで協議する異例の交渉となったが、前年並みの漁獲枠で合意した。日本がロシアに支払う漁業協力費は２億～３億１３万円の範囲で漁獲実績に応じて決める。下限額は前年の２億６０００万円から引き下げた。前年の支払額は２億６０００万円。（2022/04/23-04:13）

Japan and Russia have substantially agreed that Japan's salmon fishing quota in the 200-nautical-mile zone around Japan for 2022 will be kept unchanged from 2021 at 2,050 tons, Japan's Fisheries Agency announced in the small hours of Saturday.
   The two countries are slated to sign a formal agreement on Monday, allowing Japanese fishermen to start salmon fishing in the area in early May before the peak fishing season.
   Japan needs to obtain Russian permission to catch in Japanese waters fishes that are coming from Russian rivers.
   The agreement came in online negotiations started on April 11, while Japan is imposing economic sanctions against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, in step with the United States and European allies.
   Japan is set to pay between some 200 million and 300 million yen in "fishery cooperation fees" to Russia in 2022, depending on the actual amount of its catches. The lower limit was cut from 260 million yen in 2021. Japan's payment in the previous year came to 260 million yen.