Naypyidaw, Feb 3 (IANS) China’s expanding use of fishing fleets and maritime militia in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) reflects a deliberate strategy aimed at normalising coercive presence and undermining established maritime norms. Through the weaponisation of civilian vessels and exploitation of legal ambiguities, Beijing is exporting instability, environmental degradation, and strategic pressure into a region vital to regional security, posing a direct maritime threat to the IOR rather than …
Latest Distant-Water Fishing News & Updates
Washington, Jan 23 (IANS) US lawmakers recently released an investigation, accusing China of being the “world’s largest perpetrator” of illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing, a report has highlighted. Chairman John Moolenaar of the US Select Committee on China and Chairman Carlos Gimenez of the US House Homeland Security Committee’s Transportation and Maritime Security Subcommittee released an investigation which details how China commands the world’s largest Distant-Water Fishing…