Coast Guard

China Coast Guard Vessel Formation Departs for North Pacific to Conduct High-Seas Fisheries Enforcement Patrol

中国海警舰艇编队起航赴北太平洋开展公海渔业执法巡航

PLA Daily (解放军报) 27 July 2026

Summary

CCG vessels Changshan and Wuhu departed Qingdao on July 27 for a 45-day high-seas fisheries enforcement patrol in the North Pacific, with boarding inspections and IUU crackdowns as the stated operational focus. The article's repeated invocation of 大国担当 (great-power responsibility) frames the deployment as a legitimacy claim in global ocean governance rather than a purely operational report. The patrol fits an established pattern of CCG presence in the North Pacific during peak fishing season, but the two-vessel named formation and the explicit 45-day timeline provide useful baseline data on deployment scale and duration.

Translation

On July 27, a vessel formation composed of China Coast Guard ships Changshan and Wuhu departed from Qingdao to carry out a 45-day high-seas fisheries enforcement patrol mission in the North Pacific. The mission is aimed at fulfilling obligations under international conventions, maintaining order in North Pacific high-seas fishery production, conserving high-seas fishery ecological resources, and fully demonstrating our country's great-power responsibility (大国担当) in actively participating in global ocean governance and proactively assuming responsibility for the conservation of high-seas fishery resources.

During the mission, the China Coast Guard will, in accordance with relevant international conventions and agreements, conduct all-around, multi-dimensional enforcement inspections, strengthen high-seas boarding inspections, severely crack down on illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing activities, and effectively maintain high-seas fishery production order and promote the sustainable development of fishery resources.

Contributors: Zhang Jizhe, Yu Fuping, Wu Zhibang, Chen Chaofeng

Original Chinese

7月27日，由中国海警长山舰和五虎舰组成的舰艇编队从青岛起航，赴北太平洋执行为期45天的公海渔业执法巡航任务。此次任务旨在履行国际公约义务，维护北太平洋公海渔业生产秩序，养护公海渔业生态资源，充分展现我国积极参与全球海洋治理、主动承担公海渔业资源养护责任的大国担当。任务期间，中国海警将按照相关国际公约协定，开展全方位、立体式执法巡查，加强公海登临检查，严厉打击非法、不报告、无管制捕捞活动，切实维护公海渔业生产秩序、促进渔业资源可持续发展。供稿：张吉喆于福平吴治邦陈超峰