Finding ways to restore squid resources between South Korean and Japanese fisheries organizations

The issue of EEZ reciprocity, which has been suspended since January 2016, was also discussed. The Korea-Japan Private Fisheries Council agreed to discuss squid resource evaluation and recovery plans with fishermen's groups and fisheries resource experts to protect squid resources, which have recently been rapidly decreasing in Northeast Asian waters. The Korea Fisheries Association (Chairman Jeong Young-hoon) and the Japan Fisheries Association (Chairman Masaaki Edamoto) held the 17th Korea-Japan Private Fisheries Council in Jeju on the 6th and reviewed the status of private fishery cooperation between the two countries and discussed the above. We discussed ways to protect fisheries resources, which is the main focus. At this meeting, both sides expressed serious concerns about the rapid decline in squid resources that migrate through waters of both countries and formed a consensus on the need to prepare countermeasures through information sharing between related countries. ...