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A Vietnamese illegal fishing vessel in the Coral Sea being intercepted by Australian Border Force. AAP Image/Department of Immigration and Border Protection
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Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing costs economies up to US$50 billion globally each year, and makes up to one-fifth of the global catch...Many philanthropic and environmental organisations think of illegal fishing as a “transnational crime”, involving organised criminals operating vessels on the high seas, smuggling drugs, weapons and people. But our research found this depiction is, by and large, not true.

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