Trash from Korean fishermen litters Japan’s beaches

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    A follow-up to yesterday’s post about Korean fishermen illegally entering Japanese territorial waters, this time about the trash they leave behind and its effect on Japanese beaches:

    Larger Korean fishing boats can carry over 10,000 eel traps. According to the news program, some 10% of these traps are lost on each fishing trip. The fishermen interviewed don’t seem to think much of losing a few cheap plastic traps. The lost eel traps are washed ashore in Japan, where their disposal has become a very expensive burden.

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