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Fishery regulation cheating is pervasive everywhere, almost none of these rules have working teeth. Every ocean species for which there is a market anywhere is
by newacct583 5y ago
Fishery regulation cheating is pervasive everywhere, almost none of these rules have working teeth. Every ocean species for which there is a market anywhere is being catastrophically overexploited, regardless of what regulations say.
That said, I guess... I'm actually OK with jingoist anti-China hatred in this particular case if it helps drive attention to a genuine ecological catastrophe? The woke hippies welcome you aboard, mate.
- GordonS 5y agoI was going to make a similar point - this is a persistent problem anywhere there are profitable fish stocks, and absolutely not just by the Chinese - the French, Spanish, whoever, there are plenty of people at it.
- teachingassist 5y agoNobody has yet mentioned the UK, but: reduced regulation on fishing was a big motivator for Brexit, where the campaign had its roots deep in coastal towns.
- newacct583 5y agoWhich is deeply self-defeating, because those jobs are going away when the fish disappear anyway. The only question is who gets to eat the last ones.
- GordonS 5y agoWell, British fishermen thought we'd be "taking back control of our waters", and wouldn't be in the situation where they have smaller quotas that the large Spanish and French vessels that fish British waters do. Of course, it didn't work out like that.
- teachingassist 5y agoI assume the thinking was somewhat broader than that (fishermen only have 10,000 votes between them). I assume that people understood their town's local economy would be uplifted by a renewed fishing industry. Of course, that was never a real possibility.
- hmmokidk 5y agoUS ships trawl and overfish as well. The Anti-China sentiment is uncalled for.