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Namibia: Taking Over from the Inside: China’s Growing Reach Into Local Waters – News

Namibia: Taking Over from the Inside: China’s Growing Reach Into Local Waters – News

Africa Links 24 with Ian Urbina
Published on 2024-08-07 15:00:00

The superpower of seafood dominates more than just the high seas.

On March 14, 2016, in the squid grounds off the coast of Patagonia, a rusty Chinese squid jigger called the Lu Yan Yuan Yu 10 was fishing illegally in Argentina’s national waters. Spotted by an Argentine coast-guard patrol and ordered over the radio to halt, the specially designed squid-fishing ship known as a jigger fled the scene. The Argentinians gave chase and fired warning shots. The Lu Yan Yuan Yu 10 then tried…

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