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Assuming we haven’t also destroyed fishing stocks, countries like Tuvalu and Kiribati have huge value from the fishing rights within their EEZ.
by coredog64 5y ago
Assuming we haven’t also destroyed fishing stocks, countries like Tuvalu and Kiribati have huge value from the fishing rights within their EEZ.
- toomuchtodo 5y agoI thought of that, but didn’t mention it because there are a lot of unknowns like China just straight up ignoring them or how you’d license, govern, and patrol the waters. It’s a valid asset though, good point.
- ocschwar 5y agoChina doesn't have to wait for the islands to submerge to do that. Chinese fishing fleets have violated fishing rules in Ecuadorian waters. The Tuvaluans have no chance when all they have is a few motor dinghies and M-16s.
- mistrial9 5y agomultiple nationalities are doing this -- its an active situation.. Spain for example, in addition to China.
- coredog64 5y agoOther nations that are parties to the Nauru agreement can (and will) do something about it though. Australia, New Zealand, and the United States all take the agreement pretty seriously as well. On the other hand, both China and Taiwan spread money around in the PNA countries as a form of soft power and to get some level of looking the other way.
- NineStarPoint 5y agoGenerally speaking, an EEZ is defined as a certain amount of miles from the shoreline of a country. The big question here is the question of: if you no longer have a shoreline, do you get to keep the EEZ of where your shoreline used to be?