China's 300-mile fishing fleet which is visible from SPACE and hoovers up all sea life is decimating endangered species - and plastic waste thrown overboard is polluting the shores of Darwin's Galapagos Islands, scientists warn

UK Daily Mail ^ | August 1, 2020 | Jonathan Bucks

[C19fan]

Stretching for miles across the horizon, a vast armada of Chinese fishing boats trawl the pristine waters close to the Galapagos Islands.

Ostensibly fishing squid, the real target for the 265-strong fleet are sharks to serve the appetite for expensive fin soup, costing up to £350 a bowl, sold in markets across China and Hong Kong.

Night and day, the vessels – many the size of a football pitch – ransack the seabed, scooping up not only whale and hammerhead sharks but other species including turtles and birds.

[simpson96]

Eco-liberals won’t say a word. It’s China.

[hanamizu]

Even if the dam holds, the stories seem to point to a huge loss of crop land. And their poultry and hog production has been hit by bad viruses.

[Psalm 73]

Can’t be said often enough: RED China.

[fieldmarshaldj]

According to the Orwellian moonbat media since Election Day 2000, that should be “BLUE China.”

[dfwgator]

China is Asshole!

[mikeIII]

China is raping the world.

[Oatka]

Night and day, the vessels – many the size of a football pitch – ransack the seabed, scooping up not only whale and hammerhead sharks but other species including turtles and birds.

Some years back, they did the same thing to the Sea of Cortez (between Baja and the Mexican mainland). They bribed some officials who turned a blind eye while they vacuumed up the area. It got so bad that even the bribees said, "Hey, wait a minute!" and called the whole thing off.

They are doing this all over the world - no restraint whatsoever.

[SunkenCiv]

Who do they think they are, Al Gore?

• Offset Al Gore's Eco-Unfriendly Diet! [2008]
• Activists take Al Gore to task on his diet [2007]
• Gore's Message Loses Bite (Al Gore serves up endangered fish at daughter's party) [2007]
• Al Gore and Hypocrisy: Like Salmon & Carrots! [2007]
• Gore's message loses bite (Served endangered species at daughter's wedding) [2007]
• Brokaw explores the vanishing Chilean sea bass (Al Gore Feasts on Vanishing Species!) [2007]

[SunkenCiv]

Argentina sinks Chinese vessel, cites illegal fishing
CNN.Com | Updated 7:08 PM ET, Tue March 15, 2016 | By Diego Laje and Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN
Posted on 03/15/2016 7:54:45 PM PDT by SaveFerris
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3409791/posts

Scientists hope to restore extinct Galapagos tortoise
AP | 09-14-2017 | Staff
Posted on 09/14/2017 8:10:38 AM PDT by Red Badger
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3585790/posts