Illegal fishing is in everywhere – not illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing itself, which has in many areas been brought under control, but the subject.

NGOs give it a sporadic but increasing amount of attention, generally tending to focus on what might be termed the simpler aspects of what is in reality a complex set of issues, not least when it concerns places where the many people are poor, often hungry and where a problem is easily solved with a bag of dollars or a bullet.

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