Koreas Open Fisheries Talks
Posted on: Monday, 25 July 2005, 09:00 CDT
South and North Korea opened border talks Monday to discuss fisheries cooperation along the disputed sea border.
The three days of talks at the North Korean border town of Kaesong are aimed at restoring peace in the fishing grounds off the peninsula's west coast, officials said.
The meeting is also focused on exploring ways of tackling illegal fishing by China near the inter-Korean maritime border.
The Northern Limit Line, a controversial sea border between the two sides, is viewed by the South as the de facto border line but has not been accepted by the North.
A series of naval clashes over the years in the rich fishing grounds along the poorly marked sea border have left scores of casualties on both sides. The latest naval clash between the two sides, in 2000, left six South Korean sailors dead.
Tensions have risen sharply in that zone for the May-June and October-November crab seasons, when fishing boats from each aide often move into the contested waters in search of crab beds.
Source: United Press International
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