The @AP and @Univision spent 18 days on the high seas off South America this summer, observing China’s distant water fishing fleet, the largest in the world.http://apne.ws/phO2DoD
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Officially capped at 3,000 vessels, but possibly larger, lights from the fleet are visible from space. Satellite images show the cluster of ships in the open ocean shining as brightly as major cities hundreds of miles away. http://apne.ws/VVCb2Lm pic.twitter.com/RTgBXhW3Re
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@AP and@Univision surveyed the Chinese fleet aboard a@SeaShepherd boat. The patrol was prompted by last year’s international outcry when hundreds of Chinese ships were discovered fishing near the Galapagos Islands, a UNESCO world heritage site.http://apne.ws/WQUI9dJShow this thread -
The high seas lie beyond any nation’s jurisdiction and are only loosely regulated for fishing. “It really is like the Wild West,” said Captain Peter Hammarstedt, director of campaigns for
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@AP and@Univision, 24 have been accused of labor abuses or showed signs of violating maritime law, underscoring how the open ocean around the Americas is a magnet for the seafood industry's worst offenders.http://apne.ws/qtyxbspShow this thread
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Remind me what the US does for oil
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That’s awful. It reminds me of an alien ship sucking up humans. Which basically it is just that except sea life is getting sucked up.
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If they won’t back down then the sovereign nation can just sink the ships if they reach the continental shelf. Open water is anyone’s game as International Law isn’t real, it’s just agreements and treaties. Notice how they come nowhere near the US shelf, they would be destroyed
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I’m going to have nightmares about this video. We’re just pillaging the earth as fast as we can.
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