Fleet of approximately 100 Chinese flagged 'Squid jiggers' fishing vessels going dark in Argentina's EEZ

Summary:

In the period between January 2018 and April 2019, research was concluded into potential Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing activities near Argentina's EEZ. The research showed large scale dark activity among the hundreds of fishing vessels active in the region during that time. The vessels were mostly part of China's distant-water fleets fishing for squid. The vessels combined a total of 900,000 fishing hours, in which 600,000 hours AIS-transmitters were turned off.

Reference URL

https://usa.oceana.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2021/06/oceana_argentina_mini_report_finalupdated.pdf
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jun/02/fishing-fleets-go-dark-suspected-illegal-hunting-study
https://www.courthousenews.com/maritime-conflict-heats-up-as-chinas-fishing-fleet-goes-dark-in-argentine-waters/
https://www.pescaconciencia.com/2020/05/13/4803/