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Is that the sound of the Chinese mega fleet fishing illegally in the territorial waters of Chile turning north and moving at full speed? Multiple countries: h

Is that the sound of the Chinese mega fleet fishing illegally in the territorial waters of Chile turning north and moving at full speed? Multiple countries: https://youtu.be/FkEkz8q5ylg https://youtu.be/FkEkz8q5ylg https://youtu.be/FMhQ5zmm-pI https://youtu.be/FMhQ5zmm-pI https://youtu.be/nUClXFF2PKs https://youtu.be/nUClXFF2PKs

NoImmatureAdHom 5y ago
Would they not turn south?
- politician 5y ago
  Yes, you’re right.
neom 5y ago
China’s distantwater fishing fleet - Scale, impact and governance- https://cdn.odi.org/media/documents/chinesedistantwaterfishing_web.pdf https://cdn.odi.org/media/documents/chinesedistantwaterfishi... China tightens sustainability rules for its notorious fishing fleet - https://www.eco-business.com/news/china-tightens-sustainability-rules-for-its-notorious-fishing-fleet/ https://www.eco-business.com/news/china-tightens-sustainabil... China's Distant Waters Fleet Raises Overfishing Concerns - https://www.voanews.com/a/chinas-distant-waters-fleet-raises-overfishing-concerns/6244119.html https://www.voanews.com/a/chinas-distant-waters-fleet-raises...
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dang 5y ago
"Eschew flamebait. Avoid unrelated controversies and generic tangents." https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- politician 5y ago
  > It is possible, though, that the Jonah’s icefish disproportionately rely on the massive breeding colony, effectively putting all their eggs in one basket. If so, that “would make the species extremely vulnerable” to extinction, Desvignes says. The discovery of the massive colony is one more argument for providing environmental protections for the Weddell Sea as has been done for the nearby Ross Sea, he says. The Ross Sea, by the way, has had its protections undermined by China for the benefit of its commercial fishing enterprises. > In October 2014, the MPA proposal was again defeated at the CCAMLR by votes against from China and Russia.[58] At the October 2015 meeting a revised MPA proposal from the US and New Zealand was expanded with the assistance of China, who however shifted the MPA's priorities from conservation by allowing commercial fishing. —- https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Sea https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Sea @dang: Not unrelated. Not flame bait. Not a generic tangent. Please unflag.
  - dang 5y ago
    It was obviously nationalistic flamebait, exacerbated by the snarky way you put it. Please don't post like that to HN.
mizzao 5y ago
At least the fish are underneath the ice so they are a little harder to get to...

NoImmatureAdHom 5y ago

Would they not turn south?

politician 5y ago
Yes, you’re right.

neom 5y ago

China’s distantwater fishing fleet - Scale, impact and governance- https://cdn.odi.org/media/documents/chinesedistantwaterfishing_web.pdf https://cdn.odi.org/media/documents/chinesedistantwaterfishi... China tightens sustainability rules for its notorious fishing fleet - https://www.eco-business.com/news/china-tightens-sustainability-rules-for-its-notorious-fishing-fleet/ https://www.eco-business.com/news/china-tightens-sustainabil... China's Distant Waters Fleet Raises Overfishing Concerns - https://www.voanews.com/a/chinas-distant-waters-fleet-raises-overfishing-concerns/6244119.html https://www.voanews.com/a/chinas-distant-waters-fleet-raises...

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dang 5y ago

"Eschew flamebait. Avoid unrelated controversies and generic tangents." https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

politician 5y ago
> It is possible, though, that the Jonah’s icefish disproportionately rely on the massive breeding colony, effectively putting all their eggs in one basket. If so, that “would make the species extremely vulnerable” to extinction, Desvignes says. The discovery of the massive colony is one more argument for providing environmental protections for the Weddell Sea as has been done for the nearby Ross Sea, he says. The Ross Sea, by the way, has had its protections undermined by China for the benefit of its commercial fishing enterprises. > In October 2014, the MPA proposal was again defeated at the CCAMLR by votes against from China and Russia.[58] At the October 2015 meeting a revised MPA proposal from the US and New Zealand was expanded with the assistance of China, who however shifted the MPA's priorities from conservation by allowing commercial fishing. —- https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Sea https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Sea @dang: Not unrelated. Not flame bait. Not a generic tangent. Please unflag.
- dang 5y ago
  It was obviously nationalistic flamebait, exacerbated by the snarky way you put it. Please don't post like that to HN.

mizzao 5y ago

At least the fish are underneath the ice so they are a little harder to get to...