Significant Events
The Battle of the Yellow Sea
Where?
Yellow Sea, off Shandong Peninsula, China.
When?
August 10, 1904.
What?
Russo-Japanese War.
Who?
Imperial Japanese Navy x Imperial Russian Navy
Result:
700 casualties total. Japanese strategic victory/tactically inconclusive.
The Yellow Sea was scenario for many other naval operations.
November 24, 1999: Ferry sinks in Yellow Sea, killing hundreds.
"The ship had caught fire while in the midst of a storm and nearly everyone on board perished, including the captain. [...] It was snowing and windy when the ship, carrying approximately 300 passengers and 40 crew members, left Yantai. Just a short way into the journey, a fire broke out on board. [...]
The fire forced the passengers to the lifeboats. [...] (Many passengers) died after jumping into the freezing water. Even most of those who made it to the lifeboats ended up freezing to death as they waited for rescue ships. By the time rescuers appeared, most could only try to retrieve the bodies from the sea. Only 36 people survived. [...]
The fire forced the passengers to the lifeboats. [...] (Many passengers) died after jumping into the freezing water. Even most of those who made it to the lifeboats ended up freezing to death as they waited for rescue ships. By the time rescuers appeared, most could only try to retrieve the bodies from the sea. Only 36 people survived. [...]
History of Usage:
The Yellow Sea is one of the most intensively exploited areas in the world. The number of species commercially harvested is about 100 including cephalopods and crustacea. The resource populations of demersal species such as small yellow croaker, hairtail, large yellow croaker, flatfish, and cod declined in bio-mass by more than 40 percent when fishing effort increased threefold from the early 1960s to the early 1980s.
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