date:Apr 24, 2014
rea and Russia, but it only applies to product for sale inside Korea. Product to be re-exported can receive Korean shipping documents based on non-verified forged Russian certificates, and thus the crab is laundered. From there it may be sent directly to Japan, or sent to China or Vietnam for processing and thence to the U.S. or Japan.
This is such a problem that Russia has tied the granting of a fishing quota to Korea for pollock to progress in stopping the transshipping of IUU crab. South Kor