Hundreds of fishing fleets that go ‘dark’ suspected of illegal hunting, study finds

Uki Goñi, The Guardian Fisheries & Aquaculture

Hundreds of fishing fleets that go ‘dark’ suspected of illegal hunting, study finds
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Giant distant-water fishing fleets, primarily from China, are switching off their tracking beacons to evade detection while they engage in a possibly illegal hunt for squid and other lucrative species on the very edge of Argentina’s extensive fishing grounds, according to a new study by Oceana, an international NGO dedicated to ocean conservation.

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