The 2011 Gyeongryeolbi island fishing incident occurred on March 2, 2011 in Taean County, in South Chungcheong Do, South Korea, at 3 pm at 64 miles (103 km) southwest off Gyeongryeolbi island between People’s Republic of China fishing boats and the South Korea Coast Guard.
Two of the 30 ton Chinese boats entered 7 miles (11 km) into the South Korea Exclusive Economic Zone illegally.
The Korean officers fired 10 blanks and live shotgun ammunition.
[1] Two people were injured in total, including one Chinese fisherman and one Korean coast guard.
[1] According to the Coast Guard, this was the first time shots were fired for illegal fishing in the Yellow Sea.