Peru’s adoption of a port regulation designed to combat illegal fishing was celebrated by human rights activists as key to battling labor abuses aboard Chinese ships. New research says it hasn’t had the intended effect.
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In this July 2021 photo provided by Sea Shepherd, the Chang Tai 802, a Chinese-flagged ship, fishes for squid at night on the high seas off the west coast of South America. During an at-sea encounter, an Indonesian crew member screamed from the stern of the vessel “I want to go home.” The Chang Tai 802 fished for more than a year and finally returned to port in China in August 2022, according to research by the Peruvian fishing consultancy Artisonal.
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