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So has Japan.
by soperj 3y ago
So has Japan.
- tw04 3y agoCitation? Because as best I can tell Japan has been doing what they can to prevent fish obtained by illegal means from hitting their market. https://www.seafoodsource.com/news/supply-trade/japanese-legislature-passes-law-to-curb-iuu-fishing https://www.seafoodsource.com/news/supply-trade/japanese-leg...
- MichaelZuo 3y agoHow could Japan be having its jellyfish problem, stemming from overfishing allegedly, if the rules were actually enforced?
- tw04 3y agoThere's a very, very big difference between "we're exhausting the fish supplies off our coastal waters" and "we have an entire dark fleet we send to South America to pillage their waters because they can't defend themselves". The question wasn't about whether Japan is appropriately managing their fish stocks, the question was whether or not they had massive illegal fleets gutting the ocean around the world (which China is currently doing).
- soperj 3y agoI guess it's technically not illegal, but they fish just outside those boundaries everywhere, they also buy up massive amounts of legally caught fish elsewhere, leading to over fishing in those areas as well. Fisherman elsewhere get paid, but it's the same end result.
- MichaelZuo 3y agoIf in fact they are not enforcing their own rules in their own waters, then it wouldn't be a relevant example?
- fomine3 3y agoI doubt it's perfectly enforced though, another problem is that Japan's legal fishing regulation is poor.