俄羅斯，流網捕魚禁令......打擊日本鮭鱒魚船

A few weeks ago the Yomiuri News on-line reported the following:

露、流し網漁禁止へ…日本サケ・マス船に打撃

2015年06月24日 23時52分

　【モスクワ＝緒方賢一】ロシア上院は２４日、沿岸から２００カイリ（約３７０キロ・メートル）の排他的経済水域（ＥＥＺ）内でのサケ・マスの流し網漁を来年１月から禁止する法案を可決した。

　下院も法案を可決しており、プーチン大統領が署名すれば施行される。ロシアのＥＥＺでは日本漁船が流し網漁を行っている。北海道を中心に大きな打撃となり、日露関係にも影響しそうだ。

　法案は、ロシア極東カムチャツカの議員らが漁業資源の保護を理由に昨年１２月に下院に提出した。ロシア漁船も含め、来年１月から流し網漁を禁止する内容だ。

　流し網漁が禁止になった場合、北海道の道東地方への影響は、年間２５０億円（根室市の試算）に上るとの見方もある。日本政府は、法案には「科学的根拠がない」として反対した。安倍首相は２４日夕、プーチン大統領と電話会談し、日本の漁業関係者の懸念を伝えたうえで、法案成立を回避するように協力を求めた。だが、その約４時間後に法案は可決された。

　ロシアのＥＥＺでは１９８５年以降、日露間の毎年の交渉で漁獲割当高が決められ、日本漁船は入漁料を払って操業してきた。

　水産庁によると、同水域からの２０１４年漁期（６～７月）の水揚げ量は約６４００トン（３３億円）で、全国のサケ・マス水揚げ量の４％程度。禁漁になっても、影響は限定的との見方もあるが、国内の流通価格が上がる可能性はある。

(試譯文)

 On the 24th (June) the Russian senate approved a bill which would, from January next year, prohibit mass drift net catching of salmon within 200 nautical miles (about 370 kilometers) from the coast that was the exclusive economic zone (EEZ).

 The Lower House also approved a bill, and President Putin signed his name to carry it out. In the Russian EEZ the Japanese fishing boats were doing drift net fishing. Centering on Hokkaido the bill looked likely would be a big blow and it also affected relation between Japan and Russia.

 Regarding the bill it was submitted to the Lower House in December of last year by Councilors from Russia Far East Kamchatka for reasons of protecting fishing resources. The contents would prohibit drift net fishing as from January next year, including Russian fishing boats.

 Regarding the drift net fishing prohibition, it affected the eastern area of Hokkaido. There was view point that it would go beyond 25,000 million yen a year (trial calculation by Nemuro city). For the Japanese Government they opposed the bill and regarded it as "scientifically groundless". In the evening of the 24th Prime Minister Abe had a phone call discussion with President Putin, telling him the worry of the Japanese fishermen concerned, and asking for cooperation so that the bill’s passage could be avoided. But the bill was approved about 4 hours later.

 After 1985, regarding the Russian EEZ, by yearly negotiation, allocation on fish catch between Japan and Russia was decided. Japanese fishing boats paid a fishing fee in order to operate there.

 According to the Fisheries Agency in the fishing season 2014 (June-July) there were about 6,400 tons (3,300 million yen) of salmon landing volume from the said water area, being about 4 % of the landing volume of the whole country. Even if there was a prohibition on fishing, a view point was that the impact was limited. But there was a possibility that domestic circulation values would rise.

It seems that fish price in Japan will go up because of this restriction on fishing.