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Philippine defence chief demands Chinese flotilla leaves reef
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/philippine-defence-chief-demands-chinese-flotilla-leaves-reef/NZBMCA2W4OY5Y6K65PCPEYDLOQ/
China’s fishing fleet heading for Australia amid trade war
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/chinas-fishing-fleet-heading-for-australia-amid-trade-war/S5DVWRRFTB2IPAYSB3S3KWHFLI/
China’s ‘dark’ fishing fleets are plundering the world’s oceans
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-12-19/how-china-is-plundering-the-worlds-oceans/12971422
“In 2016, China captured 15.2 million tonnes of fish – around 20 percent of the global total – and consumed 38 percent of total global fish production, according to a London-based think tank, the Overseas Development Institute (ODI), which claims there are an estimated 17,000 deep water vessels in China’s fleet.
“Having depleted fish stocks in domestic waters, the fleets of many industrialized countries are now travelling further afield to meet the rising demand for seafood. Much of this distant-water fishing takes place in the territorial waters of low-income countries. As well as competing against the interests of local people, DWF [distant water fishing] in low-income countries is often associated with unsustainable levels of extraction, and with illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing activities,” a report published by the ODI in June found.
Concerns have also arisen around a proposed AU$200 million Chinese-built fishery plant on Daru Island, in Papua New Guinea’s Western Province, just several kilometers from Australia’s Torres Strait Islands.
The “comprehensive multi-functional fishery industrial park” was announced by China’s Ministry of Commerce as part of its Belt and Road Initiative but has caused concerns for Torres Strait Islanders.’
https://thediplomat.com/2020/12/pacific-island-nations-wary-of-chinese-fishing-fleets/
Detective Bells comments about the program Ten 7s targeting Maori and PI does not detract from the fact they (the police) are racist, I know this as I have experienced it first hand and still do.
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