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> We work so hard to regulate our fisheries yet do so little to properly protect the resources they extract from a holistic perspective. Our fish industry is r
by mschuster91 2y ago
> We work so hard to regulate our fisheries yet do so little to properly protect the resources they extract from a holistic perspective.
Our fish industry is really well connected politically and the large players exactly know how to play the fiddle, and any attempt to hold the foreign ones accountable with actually working and appropriate measures (it's highly likely that it will take live ammunition or an intentional collision, at least in legally "open" seas) would likely result in WW3.
- BostonFern 2y agoTo add to that, the extent of slavery taking place on fishing vessels operating in international waters is enormous. The laws to board and free captive slaves have been in the books going back to the 1800s in the case of Britain, yet nothing is done about it globally. The media and researchers who detail it are hesitant to even use the term “slavery”.
- throwaway290 2y agoOutlaw ocean episode: https://music.amazon.ca/podcasts/9d669553-a9ee-4cf2-96fd-31171733e80b/episodes/588bf293-ca18-4c82-9b9c-68c5f35f5ab5/the-outlaw-ocean-episode-3-slavery-at-sea https://music.amazon.ca/podcasts/9d669553-a9ee-4cf2-96fd-311...