Japan crabber held by Russian authorities in Sea of Japan

Japan crabber held by Russian authorities in Sea of Japan

SAKAIMINATO, Japan - Photo taken in August 2008 shows the Japanese crabber Yoshi Maru No. 38 docking at a pier at Port Sakai in Sakaiminato, Tottori Prefecture. The 122-ton boat, owned by Sakaiminato-based fishery firm Hiyoshi Suisan, was seized by Russian authorities in the Sea of Japan on Jan. 27.

  • Product Code
  • ILEA001131630
  • Registered date
  • 2009/1/28 00:00:00
  • Credit
  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
  • Media source
  • 2009 Kyodo News
  • Media size
  • 1889 × 1254 pixel
  • Resolution
  • 240 dpi
  • Deployment size
  • 488.10(KB)*
  • Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.

Similar Images & Videos
    Remains of body found on N. Korean boat transferred

    Remains of body found on N. Korean boat transferred

    YONAGO, Japan - A vehicle (front), carrying the cremated remains of a man found dead on a North Korean boat in Japanese waters, leaves a local Japan Coast Guard office in Sakaiminato, Tottori Prefecture, on Jan. 19, 2012, to hand the remains over to the pro-Pyongyang General Association of Korean Residents in Japan.
      Sea Shepherd forces Japan to halt this season's whaling

      Sea Shepherd forces Japan to halt this season's whaling

      TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the Japanese research whaling mother ship Nisshin Maru entering Shimonoseki port in Yamaguchi Prefecture in April 2009. Japan said on Feb. 18, 2011, it had halted its research whaling for the current season in the Antarctic Ocean because of obstructive actions by the Sea Shepherd antiwhaling group.
        Japan tuna weigh less than half 25 yrs ago

        Japan tuna weigh less than half 25 yrs ago

        YONAGO, Japan - This July 2009 photo shows bluefin tuna landed at a port in Sakaiminato, Tottori Prefecture, on the Sea of Japan. The average weight of bluefin tuna caught in the waters and brought to the port is under half what it was 25 years ago.
          U.S. mulls proposing total ban on trade in bluefin tuna

          U.S. mulls proposing total ban on trade in bluefin tuna

          TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in June 2009 shows bluefin tuna being unloaded at Sakai port, Tottori Prefecture. The United States is considering proposing a total ban on international trade in bluefin tuna, one of the most popular ingredients in Japanese sushi, sources familiar with the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) said Aug. 7.
            Fishing boat, crew return to Tottori after seizure by Russia

            Fishing boat, crew return to Tottori after seizure by Russia

            TOTTORI, Japan - Crew members of the Japanese crab-fishing boat Yoshi Maru No. 38 disembark upon returning to Sakai Port on the Sea of Japan in Sakaiminato, Tottori Prefecture, on Feb. 9, two weeks after being seized by Russia in late January for allegedly fishing illegally in the Russian exclusive economic zone.
              Fishing boat, crew return to Tottori after seizure by Russia

              Fishing boat, crew return to Tottori after seizure by Russia

              TOTTORI, Japan - The Japanese crab-fishing boat Yoshi Maru No. 38 returns to Sakai Port on the Sea of Japan in Sakaiminato, Tottori Prefecture, on Feb. 9, two weeks after being seized by Russia in late January for allegedly fishing illegally in the Russian exclusive economic zone.
                Russia shows seized Japanese fishing boat in Nakhodka

                Russia shows seized Japanese fishing boat in Nakhodka

                MOSCOW, Russia - A crew member of the Japanese crab-fishing boat Yoshi Maru No. 38 shows a pack of crabs the ship caught to Russian border guard authorities at Nakhodka port on Jan. 30. The Japanese boat was seized in the Sea of Japan on Jan. 27 on suspicion of fishing in Russia's exclusive economic zone without authorization from Russia. The border guard authorities let the Russian press see the seized boat the same day.