China Dominates 44% of Visible Fishing Activity Worldwide
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Re: China Dominates 44% of Visible Fishing Activity Worldwide
#2FWIW, China also produces enormous (enormous) quantities of seafood from caged underwater oceanic farms. It's the future of fishing IMHO.
The rich, everywhere in the world, will continue to seek wild-caught though. (While they publicly rail against the poor eating wild-caught. Such is how the wheels turn.).
Re: China Dominates 44% of Visible Fishing Activity Worldwide
#3And it does so on seas that aren't even remotely close to China. They're looting the entire Pacific Ocean.
Re: China Dominates 44% of Visible Fishing Activity Worldwide
#4And it does so on seas that aren't even remotely close to China. They're looting the entire Pacific Ocean.
Isn't it normal for countries to fish in seas that aren't remotely close to them?
Is there a single country in Asia that doesn't practice distant water fishing?
Re: China Dominates 44% of Visible Fishing Activity Worldwide
#5And it does so on seas that aren't even remotely close to China. They're looting the entire Pacific Ocean.
Isn't it normal for countries to fish in seas that aren't remotely close to them? Is there a single country in Asia that doesn't practice distant water fishing?
I think the main concern is over IUU fishing, and China's fleet has been linked to that.
Re: China Dominates 44% of Visible Fishing Activity Worldwide
#6The fact that so many people rely on eating other animals is ruining the planet.
Re: China Dominates 44% of Visible Fishing Activity Worldwide
#7Bottom trawling in particular seems horrendous. Here is Attenborough narrating about the horrors of it and how it affects the ocean floor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXp3jo_uGOQ
Re: China Dominates 44% of Visible Fishing Activity Worldwide
#8The fact that so many people rely on eating other animals is ruining the planet.
How so?
Re: China Dominates 44% of Visible Fishing Activity Worldwide
#9And it does so on seas that aren't even remotely close to China. They're looting the entire Pacific Ocean.
They export tens of billions of dollars in seafood every year, why does it matter where they're fishing if they're selling it worldwide?
Re: China Dominates 44% of Visible Fishing Activity Worldwide
#10And it does so on seas that aren't even remotely close to China. They're looting the entire Pacific Ocean.
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