TOPSHOT – Activists display anti-China placards and flags during a protest at a park in Manila on … [+] June 18, 2019, after a Chinese vessel collided with a Philippine fishing boat which sank in the disputed South China Sea and sailed away sparking outrage. – The sinking of the Filipino fishing boat by the Chinese vessel in the disputed South China Sea was “just a collision”, the Philippine’s President Rodrigo Duterte said on June 17 as he moved to soothe anger over the crash. (Photo by TED ALJIBE / AFP) (Photo credit should read TED ALJIBE/AFP via Getty Images)
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Illegal fishermen are more dangerous than pirates. You may have heard it here first, but the U.S. Coast Guard said so in 2020: illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing (IUU Fishing, or IUUF) is the #1 global maritime security threat. Hungry nations are exploiting others’ fishing stocks as overfishing has drastically…
