No need to inject unsubstantiable allegations in an otherwise sensible comment.
The power imbalance between a small country with long-standing financial issues and a history of inability in enforcing its complex borders, and a rising global superpower, is quite evident.
> South Korean, Spanish, and Taiwanese vessels conducted 26 percent of estimated fishing activity in the study with nearly 200 vessels. Almost “90 percent of the Spanish vessels that fished along Argentina’s national waters appeared to turn off their public tracking devices at least once, and Spanish vessels spent nearly twice as much time with AIS devices off as they did visibly fishing,” according to the report.
If power imbalance is the main issue here, surely something can be done about the other 1/3 at least?
Can't tell if this was a Falkland Islands / Great Britain reference or not.
https://theglobalamericans.org/2021/02/new-directions-in-the...
>Corruption fuelling illegal fishing
>[Argentine journalist Roberto Maturana] says that in Argentina, these arrangements are facilitated by corrupt officials at the government sub-department of fishing, responsible for granting fishing licenses. ‘Often officials will issue an Argentine license to two different Chinese boats. So whilst one is in port, the other will be out fishing’.
Given Argentina's corruption problem (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corruption_in_Argentina), and China's fishing agenda (https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/11/30/china-beijing-fishing-a... ), it would be a surprise if corruption was not happening.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_and_dependen...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Chinese_prefecture-l...