JAPANESE FISHERMEN
Charges Faced In Alaska (N.Z. Press Assn.—Copyright) KODIAK (Alaska), April 16. The captains of two Japanese fishing vessels were arraigned last night on charges of fishing in waters claimed by Alaska. A Superior Court judge flew to Kodiak from Anchorage to arraign the men after they were arrested and one of their boats seized. The judge released the men on their promise to return for another hearing, probably in Anchorage, the Associated Press reported.
The boat which w’as seized, the 65-foot herring catcher Ohtori Maru No. 5, w’as held under a 25,000-dollar bond. The Ohtori Maru was one of five catcher boats and a 5000-ton mother ship, the Banshu Maru. Alaskan officials were on their way to board another of the catcher boats, the Sheichi Maru No. 7. The other catcher boats were apparently not in waters claimed by Alaska, Associated Press said. The mother ship was not seized. Mongo Hanasaki, captain of the mother ship, was charged with fishing commercially without having notified the State. Higashima Tadao, captain of Ohtori Maru, was charged with commercial fishing without a licence, failing to register fishing gear and failing to register his boat.
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Press, Volume CI, Issue 29801, 18 April 1962, Page 12
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