What'll 10 miles of large scale drift nets get ya?

A Honolulu-based Coast Guard cutter assigned to Alaska encountered the 177-foot fishing ship in late July about 850 miles east of Tokyo. Coast Guard personnel boarded the ship and found 30 metric tons -- more than 66,000 pounds -- of albacore tuna. They also found 6 metric tons of shark bodies and fins on board.

Coast Guard officials said Chinese citizens were operating the vessel, called the Da Cheng. The cutter has since followed the vessel as it moved west, and the vessel was turned over to the China Fishery Law Enforcement Command on Tuesday, officials said.

Read on at Anchorage Daily News

Comments

[JP2]

...and the Chinese did what????? I'd have engaged in a bit of target practice..after the crew was off.....maybe.....

[Skippy]

They should have arrested the crew and scuttled the ship. The Chinese government isn't too concerned with environmental issues and the crew probably got a slap on the wrist an is probably out pulling up nets somewhere.

[ryan matt]

i agree, blow that freakin thing out of the water and feed the fish!!

[Aaron]

This happens more than you might think. The real pisser is that the crew will soon be back on this or other ships, this and other ships will be back in US and other waters soon enough. This has been going on for decades, and the repercussions to the ship companies and crews are zero. It would be better to escort the ship back to a US port, put them in US jails, and put them through the US justice process. It would be expensive, but the only way to punish them. And it might actually act as a deterrent.

[Randy]

Running hot, straight and true. Let he sharks get even.

[mosca559]

Two words...TARGET PRACTICE