> an exhaustive survey of 152 countries...That’s a 6 percent rise since 2009
>China, which operates the world’s largest overseas fishing fleet, has increased harmful subsidies by 105 percent over the past decade
china's 105% rise contributed to 6% rise which includes all sea-faring nations. does that mean their subsidies were considerably less than the rest of the world and they are playing catchup?
If they have the largest fleet surely a 105% rise would lead to >6% globally seeing as they have the largest fleet and assuming they were on par with rest of world's subsidies?
Not only their neighbors, they will go all the way to the Atlantic Ocean. Last year, a Chinese tuna fishing vessel rammed and tried to sink a Brazilian one in Brazilian waters.[1] They ignore the law knowing Beijing will throw its weight around if they get caught by local authorities.
Someone else commented on the fact that China steals others' fish, and he's right. China used up all her own fish [0], and so is stealing those of South America [1] and Africa [2]. This is especially un-ethical in light of the fact that there are parts of these continents where food is not always plentiful for everyone. And of course, she continues to steal parts of the South Not-China Sea.
The text of the article mentions that the new study uses a different (improved) methodology from the 2009 study and discourages direct comparisons between the two sets of results.
I'd rather not be one of those "why is this on Hacker News" people but it seems anything remotely negative about China gets an instant bump to the front page these days regardless of relevance. China seems to have become something of an obsession.
Surely it would be as upvoted if it were the USA or the EU? I'd be just as interested in the EU fishing policies going in entirely the wrong direction.
China in particular because they are large. The policy therefore has outsize effect. Particularly when there have been endless stories of over-fishing and concerns about stocks around the world, on a planet that seems to be creaking under the load.
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[ 8.5 ms ] story [ 72.1 ms ] thread>China, which operates the world’s largest overseas fishing fleet, has increased harmful subsidies by 105 percent over the past decade
china's 105% rise contributed to 6% rise which includes all sea-faring nations. does that mean their subsidies were considerably less than the rest of the world and they are playing catchup?
If they have the largest fleet surely a 105% rise would lead to >6% globally seeing as they have the largest fleet and assuming they were on par with rest of world's subsidies?
Too much power ... :)
[1] https://maritimebulletin.net/2018/11/25/fishing-wars-in-sout...
[0]: https://qz.com/948980/china-has-fished-itself-out-of-its-own...
[1]: https://www.businessinsider.com/us-warns-chinas-aggressive-f...
[2]: https://stopillegalfishing.com/press-links/chinas-fishing-fl...
Some countries in the region call it the Eastern Sea if you're looking for a replacement.
Is that why we keep hearing about the Japanese whaling industry in the news? To deflect ire from China?
[1]: https://warisboring.com/chinas-fishing-militia-is-a-military...
>It doesn't seem to me that most people here are from china.
... they are having an outsized impact on US culture and politics right now. That may change, but not any time soon.
China in particular because they are large. The policy therefore has outsize effect. Particularly when there have been endless stories of over-fishing and concerns about stocks around the world, on a planet that seems to be creaking under the load.
Because of their size and audaciousness they have a large presence in almost every issue that needs to be tackled.
I think this was on HN a few weeks ago: https://interestingengineering.com/these-massive-floating-fi...
https://www.quora.com/How-is-China-able-to-provide-enough-fo...