pirate fishing

pirate fishing
undertaken by large-scale fishing vessels registered under flags of convenience, the vessels being owned in one country but registered in another to avoid fisheries regulations. Not only are fish taken illegally but many seabirds are also killed incidentally by net entanglement, particularly albatrosses. See also white gold

Dictionary of ichthyology. 2009.

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