More than 16,000 Chinese fishing vessels are pouring into the South China Sea
More than 16,000 Chinese fishing vessels are pouring into the South China Sea After a three-and-a-half-month fishing ban in the South China Sea blatantly imposed by China ended August 16, more than 16,000 fishing boats from Hainan Island began to pour into the waters. Footage posted by China Central Television on August 16 states that more than 16,000 fishing boats from Hainan Island set sail the same day after the South China Sea fishing ban ended. The voyage takes about 6-7 days to sail. In the video, a fisherman said the fishermen had prepared food for 12 days. The video also showed fishing vessels in the Guangxi Choang Ethnic Autonomous Region on August 16 starting to sail in the Gulf of Tonkin to fish in the "open sea". On August 1, responding to a reporter's question about China issuing a notice banning fishing in the South China Sea from August 1 to 16 and implementing measures to enforce this notice, Foreign Ministry spokesman Le Thi Thu Hang stated: "...