Re:Tracking “Dark Ships” with New Satellite Technology
by dzhiurgis on Tuesday May 04, 2021 @11:55PM
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Wonder who's going to protect Africa when China has put so much investments in it..?
Re:Tracking “Dark Ships” with New Satellite Technology
by baybal2 on Tuesday May 04, 2021 @02:24PM
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Most of Chinese pirate fishing happens in the open, with AIS on, and wholly reliant on victim country being unwilling, or too intimidated to use force.
Chinese fishermen have a record of ramming foreign coast guard, and even military ships of smaller countries.
- Africa has been hit hard, with fishers losing at least 40% of income (although here these ships do seem to have some sort of license): https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/how-china-s-fishermen-ar...
- North Korean squid populations have been depleted so hard by Chinese vessels that Japan and South Korea felt the impact in reduced fishing amounts: https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/11/30/china-beijing-fishing-a...
- The Philippines even reported "permanent structures" having been built on coral reefs to support illegal fishing: https://www.9news.com.au/world/south-china-sea-dispute-phili...