The CCG met and tailed a Philippine research vessel and a Philippine Coast Guard ship early Sunday morning as the Philippine vessels were sailing for the Bajo de Masinloc.
The Chinese Coast Guard met and tailed the Philippine research vessel BRP H Ventura and the Philippine Coast Guard's BRP Gabriela Silang early Sunday morning as the Philippine vessels were sailing for the Bajo de Masinloc.According to Mav Gonzales' Super Radyo dzBB report, international advocacy group SeaLight Director Ray Powell said that the Philippine vessels had halted for eight hours 35 nautical miles from Luzon's coast - the limit of China's nine-dash line.
Powell added that an unusually large number of Chinese vessels had been gathering at the shoal for the past two days.He speculated that this could be China's response to the National Mapping and Resource Information Authority's announcement that the Philippines would conduct a hydrographic survey in the area.Hydrographic surveys map the physical features of an underwater area.
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