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The Pacific Trembles: China’s Giant Fishing Fleet Operates off Chilean Waters

From BioBioChile · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Chile’s navy detected nearly 70 foreign fishing vessels operating north of Rapa Nui, including 21 vessels observed during the latest operation.
  • The boats were conducting fishing activities alongside a factory ship, but none had entered Chile’s exclusive economic zone.
  • Farther north, the fleet numbers several hundred vessels, most of them Chinese.

From the air, the fleet looks like a city built in the middle of the ocean. Chile’s navy detected nearly 70 foreign fishing vessels operating north of Rapa Nui, although none had entered Chile’s exclusive economic zone.

During the latest operation, authorities observed 21 vessels carrying out different fishing activities, as well as a factory ship. The concentration of boats has drawn attention to the scale of fishing activity near Chilean waters.

Farther north, the fleet grows to several hundred vessels, most of them Chinese.

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Originally published by BioBioChile in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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