Canada-U.S. Patrol Finds 10 Suspected Drift Netters In North Pacific

A Canada-U.S. aerial patrol identified 10 vessels suspected of illegally fishing with drift nets in the international waters of the North Pacific in September, Canadian Forces officials say. Fisheries officers from Canada and the United States spent two weeks this month aboard a Canadian Forces aircraft, scouring millions of square kilometres over the North Pacific, Maj. Chris Bard told CBC News. Ten of those vessels were observed "either rigged for or engaging in high seas drift-net fishing," public affairs officer Capt. Jeff Manney of the Canadian Air Reserve told CBC. One was boarded and escorted to a Chinese frigate, he said...