The Argentine military is ramping up efforts to combat these fishing operations in a region experts warn is on the brink of environmental collapse.

Recent reporting has discovered nearly 200 Chinese vessels illegally operating in Argentina’s exclusive economic zone.

Fu Yuan Yu 873’, was intercepted and arrested on 17 June Argentina’s Fisheries Under Secretariat confirmed huge fines for three fishing vessels from China and one Spanish which were allegedly ...

These vessels are frequently accused of illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing and depleting marine resources in developing nations like Argentina, home to the world's second-largest ...

This area, about 200 nautical miles off the coast of southern Argentina, is notorious for illegal and unregulated fishing — often carried out by Chinese vessels, according to the Argentine Navy.