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A fisherman holds a batch of tuna in Kiribati, where fishing is one of the most common occupations, on Sept. 25, 2015. JONAS GRATZER/LIGHTROCKET VIA GETTY IMAGES

China hosting fisheries summit with Pacific Island nations in December

October 15, 2021

China is organizing a summit with Pacific Island countries in December 2021 to further cooperation in fisheries...China’s focus for the meeting with Pacific Islands leaders appears to be focused on distant-water fishing rather than aquaculture projects, as the head of China Distant-Water Fishing

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China assigns first on-board observers to distant-water fishing vessel. Credit - www.seafoodsource.com

Milestone reached as China assigns first on-board observers to distant-water fishing vessel

April 23, 2021

Five Chinese government-appointed observers have departed a Chinese port onboard a reefer, in what is potentially a major development for China’s governance of its distant-water fleet.

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A fishing boat is seen from an aircraft of the Ecuadorian navy after a fishing fleet of mostly Chinese-flagged ships was detected in an international corridor that borders the Galapagos Islands’ exclusive economic zone, in the Pacific Ocean August 7, 2020. Picture taken August 7, 2020. REUTERS/Santiago Arcos

Satellite data nails Chinese fishing fleet near ecologically sensitive Galápagos Islands

October 2, 2020

China is in the news again, and once again over controversial reasons.

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