Fishing Industry North Korea

Twelve North Korean-flagged, Japanese-owned fishing vessels and their crewmen on Friday left the Soviet port of Nakhodka, where they had been held for two months for poaching Soviet salmon, the Foreign Ministry said. The boats were heading for North Korea's port of Hungnam. In Moscow, the Soviet news agency Tass said the ships' captains estimated their vessels were carrying 500 tons of fish, worth about $8 million.

Twelve North Korean-flagged, Japanese-owned fishing vessels and their crewmen on Friday left the Soviet port of Nakhodka, where they had been held for two months for poaching Soviet salmon, the Foreign Ministry said. The boats were heading for North Korea's port of Hungnam. In Moscow, the Soviet news agency Tass said the ships' captains estimated their vessels were carrying 500 tons of fish, worth about $8 million.