South America Circles show Chinese fishingin 2020 and 2021. Pacific Ocean GalápagosIslands Atlantic Ocean Rich and ecologically diverse, the waters around the Galápagos Islands have attracted local fishermen for centuries. Now, these waters face a much larger, more rapacious hunter: China. Chinese fishing in ⬤ 2020 and ⬤ 2021. The Galápagos are part of Ecuador. And yet each year growing numbers of Chinese commercial ships, thousands of miles from home, fish here, at times right on the edge of Ecuador’s exclusive economic zone. The Chinese ships since 2016 have operated off…
China’s Fishing Operations Raise Alarms Worldwide
