Nearly 300 Chinese vessels were found pillaging the waters off the Galapagos Marine Reserve for squid. Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru threatened measures "to prevent, discourage and jointly confront" illegal fishing near their exclusive economic zones in the Pacific. The joint statement made no specific mention of China but environmental groups Greenpeace and Oceana have repeatedly warned of the growing presence of massive Chinese fishing fleets in the area, AFP reports. The Chinese fleet instead headed south through international waters to fish near the exclusive economic zones of Peru and Chile, according to NGO Oceana. Sadly, this is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the impact of China’s huge distant-water fishing fleet on our oceans.

Source: The Standard November 05, 2020 08:37 UTC