Chinese fishing fleet in African waters reports 9% of catch to UN

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"Just 9% of the millions of tonnes of fish caught by China's giant fishing fleet in African and other international waters is officially reported to the UN, say researchers using a new way to estimate the size and value of catches.

Fisheries experts have long considered that the catches reported by China to the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation (UNFAO) are low but the scale of the possible deception shocked the authors.

'The study shows the extent of the looting of Africa, where so many people depend on seafood for basic protein. We need to know how many fish have been taken from the ocean in order to figure out what we can catch in the future,' says Daniel Pauly, at the University of British Columbia (UBC). 'Countries need to realise the importance of accurately recording and reporting their catches and step up to the plate, or there will be no fish left for our children.'"

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/apr/03/chinese-fishing-fleet-african-catch

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