GERALD LEAPE: “The pirate fishermen undermine any attempt at achieving sustainable fisheries. They undermine the efforts of those fishermen who are playing by the rules to legally market the fish they catch.”
Illegal fishing reduces market prices, making it harder for those who follow the law to compete. It can also increase the risk that fisheries will collapse.
Three billion people depend on seafood as their main source of protein. Ms. Lubchenco said the millions of tons of seafood pirated each year may represent as much as forty percent of the total catch in some fisheries.
The new agreement aims for greater action by governments to prevent illegal operators from making a profit. For example, port officials can prevent them from landing at their ports to sell their catch.
Gerald Leape says honest fishermen are not the only ones affected by the actions of fish pirates.
GERALD LEAPE “They undermine the efforts of scientists to set quotas to make sure that stocks of fish do not go extinct. And they undermine those regulators who are trying to determine who should catch what, and how to divide up what should be a sustainably managed catch. These are pirates in the truest sense of the word. They are literally stealing the fish.”
And that’s the VOA Special English Agriculture Report, written by Jerilyn Watson. We have transcripts and MP3s of our reports, along with activities for people learning English, at voaspecialenglish.com. I’m Bob Doughty.
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