date:May 16, 2012
The revised rules, which went into effect Monday, double the fines for illegal fishing to 200 million won (US$173,000) from 100 million won, the Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said.
Under the new guidelines, any boat that fails to stop when ordered to do so by South Korea's fisheries authorities or the Coast Guard can also be fined 100 million won, up from the current 50 million won, reports YonhapNewsAgency.
Fishing boats that enter South Korea's territorial waters