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The captain of a S. Korean vessel and the company which owns it will pay a total of 1.5 million rubles ($61,225) as compensation for violating fishing laws in Russia’s territorial waters, the court of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in the Kamchatka region ruled.

Lee Young Woo, the Oriong-503’s captain, was charged with violating fishing regulations of Russia’s economic zone and abuse of power, Kamchatka’s regional Prosecutor’s Office reported on Wednesday.

The vessel, with its port of entry in Busan, was detained by a Russian frontier patrol ship in the western part of the Bering Sea fishing zone in November 2007. According to the inspection, the ship had caught a total of 20 metric tons of pollock and cod with a prohibited bottom trawl. At the trial, Lee Young Woo pleaded guilty to all charges, prosecutors said.

The court also satisfied the suit from the environmental Prosecutor’s Office and ruled that the ship’s owner is to pay a fine of 1.2 million rubles ($48,980) as compensation for the damage brought to Russia.

The sum will go to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky’s budget aiming to finance environmental protection and marine plant and animal reproduction.