Huge fishing fleets flagged in Taiwan have been responsible for trawling vast areas of the sea in the EEZs of third world countries clean. In fact, they had a substantial role in overfishing the Gulf of Aden to such an extent that nearby Somali fishermen had to turn to piracy.
And yet nobody posts about that. I wonder why :thinkin-lenin:
IIRC correctly from a paper I wrote about it way back in the day, a lot of toxic waste was dumped by French and Swiss companies, as well as the Italian mafia's waste disposal fronts.
At the same time, there was mass overfishing from Taiwanese and Thai(?) Fleets.
Turns out that if your government can't defend your maritime borders, all sorts of assholes will take advantage.
If you want to look into it more, the Taiwanese fishing industry was recently hit with a forced labor designation by the US.
Also reports by some Western NGOs say that there's systemic human rights abuses and wild life poaching happening on those Taiwanese ships.
I don't know enough about the landscape of environmental NGOs (which are good, which are flawed, which are just mouthpieces) so I won't post any articles. However, I'd be grateful if any Chapos who are in the know could recommend some.
Anyway, shit's gotta be megafucked if even the US is slapping those labels.
Huge fishing fleets flagged in Taiwan have been responsible for trawling vast areas of the sea in the EEZs of third world countries clean. In fact, they had a substantial role in overfishing the Gulf of Aden to such an extent that nearby Somali fishermen had to turn to piracy.
And yet nobody posts about that. I wonder why :thinkin-lenin:
I'm pretty sure it was french nuke dumping that turned Somali fishers to piracy. Taiwanese overfishing probably didn't help though
IIRC correctly from a paper I wrote about it way back in the day, a lot of toxic waste was dumped by French and Swiss companies, as well as the Italian mafia's waste disposal fronts.
At the same time, there was mass overfishing from Taiwanese and Thai(?) Fleets.
Turns out that if your government can't defend your maritime borders, all sorts of assholes will take advantage.
I think the french were using org crime to dump too
I'm just saying it's one thing if it's harder to get a catch, it's another if everyone eating your fish is dying from cancer. Ask the Athabascans
Thank you for the mental image of a gang of organized criminal mimes.
:this: You said what I was thinking with actual knowledge. Thanks.
If you want to look into it more, the Taiwanese fishing industry was recently hit with a forced labor designation by the US.
Also reports by some Western NGOs say that there's systemic human rights abuses and wild life poaching happening on those Taiwanese ships.
I don't know enough about the landscape of environmental NGOs (which are good, which are flawed, which are just mouthpieces) so I won't post any articles. However, I'd be grateful if any Chapos who are in the know could recommend some.
Anyway, shit's gotta be megafucked if even the US is slapping those labels.