china, distant water fishing, overfishing

The Devastating Global Impact of China’s Distant Water Fishing Fleet

Distant Water Fishing (DWF) fleets refer to vessels from countries that fish outside their native land’s waters. China is known to have the biggest Distant Water Fishing fleet in the world. A new report by the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) has revealed that the fleet actually is five to eight times larger than previously estimated ...

Max Lu

A Chinese ocean fishing vessel.