US Task Force on IUU Fishing Fails to Call Out China With Largest Subsidized Fleet in the Pacific
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [PACNews] - February 24, 2015 -
PAGOPAGO, Feb. 24 -- A U.S Presidential task force on illegal fishing says foreign governments subsidizing their fishing fleets is a global problem contributing to overfishing and illegal fishing, and has recommended the elimination of fishery subsidies within the next five years.
Of interest, the task force does not identify the foreign governments that are subsidizing their fleets by name, and in its request for public comments, China ' which is said to have the largest subsidized fishing fleet in the Pacific region ' did not offer any comment.
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