and China Ocean Institute, both based in the U.S. The findings, presented in a recent report, are the “most complete picture to date” of the devastation wreaked by industrial overfishing ...

From sustainability to fishers’ rights, we unpick the biggest legal change to China’s fishing industry since 2000.

The massive numbers of Chinese squid fishing boats near Matsu are only the tip of the iceberg in terms of the environmental threat. Government action is too slow to stem the decline of fish stocks.

Overfishing caused their populations to decline ... disrupted by the construction of the enormous Three Gorges Dam. China listed the paddlefish as a protected species in 1989.

Historically, Chinese sturgeons were found across Asia, including China, Japan, and the Korean Peninsula, but they have been extirpated from most regions due to habitat loss and overfishing.