Alarm Over Unabated Fishing by Foreign Ships in South Atlantic Waters

31st Aug, 2023 By CHANNEL16ADMIN

China's fishing fleet travels globally (USCG file photo) A collation of environmental groups joined by representative from the maritime industry content that the South Atlantic waters are under siege from foreign vessels carrying out unregulated fishing activities. They are cautioning that the activities are now threatening to deplete stocks, a development that risks instigating a major environmental catastrophe and negatively impact livelihoods of regional fishers. The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) joined the efforts warning that an environmental catastrophe is looming in the South Atlantic. They are calling attention to foreign vessels descended on the waters off the Argentinian borderline where they believe unabated over-fishing activities are at.....