https://www.newsbharati.com/Encyc/2023/5/4/Chinese-Illegal-fishing.html
The maritime domain was in the news recently because of Chinese aggressive actions in acquiring important strategic ports, complete domination over the world's shipping industry and very aggressive behavior in carrying out deep sea fishing which is dangerous to the entire mankind.
Shipping Lines Are Getting Worried About Over Dependence on China
In February, shipping giant Maersk took possession of a new cargo vessel, one that can meet the International Maritime Organization’s requirements for zero-emission shipping. That’s the good news. The bad news? The Maersk Biscayne was built by the Jiangsu New Yangzi shipyard in China, where Maersk has several more ships waiting to be built. Shipping companies are discovering that they’re far too dependent on Chinese shipyards.
Western countries’ building own shipyards will take a lot of time, and a lot of money, to restore to anything close to what’s needed. For long time most countries in the world would be dependent for the shipping requirement on China which, is very dangerous proposition.
China's Overseas Ports Acquisition Program
China is a powerhouse in global trade. Its rapid growth has been significantly fuelled by decades of rising exports, bringing new emphasis to the role ports play in trade and strategic relations.
Overseas port investments and potentially military base access, particularly in countries of global and geostrategic importance near maritime chokepoints, could give China greater influence over key supply chain networks.
The worst news is that two of the most powerful European Nations that is France and Germany, are also offering their own ports to China for economic reasons without understanding that it is a strategic disaster.
Chinese Illegal, Unreported And Unregulated Fishing
This article proposes to focus on Chinese Illegal, Unreported And Unregulated Fishing, in all Oceans Including Atlantic ,Indo-Pacific, South China Sea, And Indian Ocean and recommending methods to counter them.
Over the last two decades, China has built the world’s largest deep-water fishing fleet, by far, with nearly 4,000 ships. Having severely depleted stocks in its own coastal waters, China now fishes in any ocean in the world, and on a scale that dwarfs some countries’ entire fleets near their own waters.
The impact is increasingly being felt from the Indian Ocean to the South Pacific, from the coasts of Africa to those off South America — a manifestation on the high seas of China’s global greed. Rich and ecologically diverse, the waters around the world have attracted local fishermen for centuries. Now, these waters face a much larger, more rapacious hunter: China.
Each year growing numbers of Chinese commercial ships, thousands of miles from home, fish in all parts of the world.
The Chinese ships since 2016 have operated off all continents virtually all day, all year, where they have fished for what amounts collectively to more than thousands of days.The scale has raised alarms about the harm to the local economies and the environment, as well as the commercial sustainability of tuna, squid and other species.
In this article following aspects will be covered:-
Chinese fisheries ranks number one on the IUU fishing index
How China’s Expanding Fishing Fleet Is Depleting the World’s Oceans
Huge Size of Chinese fisheries Industry
Chinese fisheries ranks number one on the IUU fishing indexl
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