Report: EU fishers being undermined by ‘unfair’ Chinese competition
Comprising anything between 900 and 3,000 vessels catching 3-4 million tonnes of fish, China’s distant water fleets (DWFs) represent serious competition and a challenge for the EU’s own distant-water fishing activities and are also undermining the good governance of fisheries stocks in the exclusive economic zones (EEZ) of various countries in the global south, according to a new report prepared for the European Parliament’s Committee on Fisheries (PECH).
Comprising anything between 900 and 3,000 vessels catching 3-4 million tonnes of fish, China’s distant water fleets (DWFs) represent serious competition and a challenge for the EU’s own distant-water fishing activities and are also undermining the good governance of fisheries stocks in the exclusive economic zones (EEZ) of various countries in the global south, according to a new report prepared for the European Parliament’s Committee on Fisheries (PECH).
