The World - News from April 24, 1985
A Japanese fishing boat with an American woman aboard was seized by a Soviet naval vessel in the Bering Sea near a disputed area claimed by both the U.S. and Soviet governments. The State Department said it is trying to secure the release of the observer from the National Marine Fisheries Service, which monitors foreign fishing inside the U.S. 200-mile limit. The site was reported as 180 nautical miles west of St. Matthew Island. Officials said the two sides disagree on how a dividing line was drawn under an 1867 convention.
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