Two Chinese fishery law enforcement vessels are working with US
coastguards to clamp down on illegal fishing in the north Pacific,
the China Fishery Law Enforcement Command announced on Tuesday.
This is the fifth consecutive year China has sent patrols to
participate in the joint fishery law enforcement with the United
States since 2002.
The China Yuzheng 118 and China Yuzheng
201 sailed to the North Pacific on June 24 and met with US
coastguard cutter RUSH last Sunday.
The two sides have exchanged information and the two Chinese
vessels will sail alone, keeping in contact with the US coastguard
by satellite.
According to a memorandum of understanding reached between China
and the US in 1993, China has sent fishery law enforcement
personnel to join the US in law enforcement in the North Pacific
every year since 1994.
Beginning from 2002, China added one or two vessels to the
Sino-US joint campaign against illegal fishing.
(Xinhua News Agency July 11, 2006)
