サケ・マス漁獲枠を維持　日ロ妥結、２４年も２０５０トン

　水産庁は１４日、日本の２００カイリ水域での日本漁船のサケ・マス漁の２０２４年の操業条件を協議するロシアとの漁業交渉が妥結したと発表した。漁獲枠は前年と同じ２０５０トンを維持。近年の漁獲量低迷を踏まえ、ロシアに支払う漁業協力費は、実績に応じて１億８０００万～３億１３万円と、前年から下限額を２０００万円引き下げた。
　ロシアの川で産まれ、日本の２００カイリ水域に回遊してきたサケ・マスが対象で、交渉は１１～１４日にオンラインで行われた。２２年はロシアのウクライナ侵攻による関係悪化で交渉開始が大きくずれ込み、出漁が遅れたが、２３年以降は例年通りの時期に開催されている。（2024/03/14-21:40）

Japan and Russia have agreed to give Japanese fishing operators an annual fishing quota of 2,050 tons for salmon and trout presumably from Russian rivers in 2024, unchanged from 2023.
   Announcing the deal Thursday, the Japanese Fisheries Agency also said that the minimum amount of fishery cooperation fees Japan pays Russia has been set in a range of 180 million to 300.13 million yen. The lower end of the range dropped 20 million yen from the previous year.
   The two countries held online negotiations on Japanese salmon and trout fishing within the 200-nautical-mile zone around Japan from Monday to Thursday.
   In 2022, the talks started much later than usual because the two countries' relations deteriorated due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, causing delays in the start of salmon and trout fishing by Japanese boats. But the talks in 2023 and 2024 were held around the usual time.
   Under the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea, Japan needs Russia's permission to catch salmon and trout coming from Russian rivers, even in Japanese waters. The two countries negotiate the terms of Japanese fishing every year.