A Chinese fisherman and his wife carry the day’s catch from a boat at a fishing port in Zhuhai in southern China’s Guangdong province. Photo: AFP
A Chinese fisherman and his wife carry the day’s catch from a boat at a fishing port in Zhuhai in southern China’s Guangdong province. Photo: AFP

China urged to cut huge subsidies for unprofitable trawler fleets to curb overfishing and save oceans

More than half of the global industry would be unprofitable without big infusions of government aid, according to a joint international study

A Chinese fisherman and his wife carry the day’s catch from a boat at a fishing port in Zhuhai in southern China’s Guangdong province. Photo: AFP
A Chinese fisherman and his wife carry the day’s catch from a boat at a fishing port in Zhuhai in southern China’s Guangdong province. Photo: AFP
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