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Angolan fishermen blame Chinese trawlers for declining fish stock

Chinese illegal fishing and climate change are leading to decreased fish catch in the Gulf of Guinea.
The U.S. Coast Guard cutter Lane completed a patrol in the Pacific, conducting vessel boardings and fostering partnerships with Pacific Island countries.
Fishing communities in West Africa are facing declining catches and must find new income sources, with ocean warming and illegal fishing contributing to the crisis.

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The Straits Times

US Coast Guard says boardings of Chinese fishing vessels in South Pacific legal

The US Coast Guard has said joint patrols are at the behest of Pacific nations to protect coastal fisheries. Read more at straitstimes.com.

24 days ago·Singapore

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Star Advertiser

Coast Guard ‘Indo-Pacific Support Cutter’ returns to Honolulu

The Coast Guard’s Honolulu-based “Indo-Pacific Support Cutter” CGC Harriet Lane returned to port Tuesday after its first patrol across Oceania.

24 days ago·Honolulu, United States

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VOA News

Angolan fishermen blame Chinese trawlers for declining fish stock

In the port of Benguela on Angola’s Pacific coast, fishermen and fish traders are struggling to make ends meet. They say their catch is getting smaller and they blame illegal fishing by Chinese  trawlers. For Joao Marcos, Barbara Santos has this report.  (Mayra de Lassalette contributed)

24 days ago·United States

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Thanh Niên

The boat was seriously damaged after being hit by a freighter.

A fishing boat belonging to a Quang Ngai fisherman collided with a shipping vessel at sea, causing the fishing vessel to be badly damaged. The Quang Ngai Provincial Border Guard is investigating and verifying the cause.

24 days ago·Viet Nam

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Rappler

Filipino fisherfolk face fear of China harassment in Recto Bank

PALAWAN, Philippines – The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR), and 25 Filipino fishing vessels installed fish aggregating devices in Recto Bank – all under the watch of and the occasional harassment from the China Coast Guard. As fisherfolk from Palawan are forced to venture farther and farther away to get a decent catch, what else can the Philippine government do to make sure they feel – and are – saf…

24 days ago·Philippines

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WTVB

US Coast Guard says boardings of Chinese fishing vessels in South Pacific legal

By Kirsty Needham and Lucy Craymer SYDNEY/WELLINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Coast Guard has rejected comments by a Chinese diplomat that its recent boardings of Chinese fishing boats in the Pacific Islands alongside local police are illegal, saying the joint patrols are at the behest of Pacific nations to protect coastal fisheries. Reuters reported last month that six Chinese fishing boats were found to be violating Vanuatu’s fisheries law aft…

24 days ago

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