Illegal fishing is a national security threat, Coast Guard commandant says
Christopher Woody, Business Insider
Sep 24, 2020 4:00 AM EDT
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Fishing fleets that haul in huge catches, sometimes illegally, from around the world are a security challenge that has already caused armed encounters, senior U.S. military officials said this month.
Illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing, as it's known, exploits countries' inability to regulate their waters and poses an economic and security challenge, the U.S. Coast Guard says in its recent IUU fishing strategic outlook.
"It's bigger than catching a few boats with illegal tuna. This is really about systemic violations of ... sovereignty, economic security, weakening of the global rules-base order," Adm. Karl Schultz, commandant of the Coast Guard, said last week at a think tank event.
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