China’s push lets foreign poachers steal our fish, say experts

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A boat suspected of being a “mother ship” to illegal foreign fishing boats at sea was seized off Kuala Pahang last week. (MMEA Facebook pic)PETALING JAYA: China’s dominance in the South China Sea, and the big power rivalry in the area, has led to foreign fishing vessels poaching in Malaysia’s rich marine resources, say experts and fishermen.Thomas Benjamin Daniel of the Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS) told FMT: “The pervasiveness of the South China Sea dispute, and China’s dominating role in it has impacted coastal fishermen in Sabah and Sarawak.“Besides reports of illegal Chinese fishing in Malaysian waters, China has also forced Vietnamese fishermen to fish further south and into our waters. Malaysia’s capacity to constantly monitor such a huge stretch of water is also limited.”The lack of enforcement and surveillance technology on Malaysia’s territor…