Daniel: The tragic tale of an Indonesian deckhand and his brutal voyage on a Chinese squid ship.
Daniel: The tragic tale of an Indonesian deckhand and his brutal voyage on a Chinese squid ship.
The Chinese fishing fleet is a great power on the sea. It fishes far out to sea where no country's laws reach, and it fishes more than any other nation right now. And it does so at a terrible human cost.
The plans are ambitious: a mega-port and associated urban development project on the largely untouched Nicobar Islands. In light of the threats to global shipping, India aims to create its own hub for trade and defense. Critics are outraged, calling it destruction disguised as development.
An Indonesian study has now revealed the previously unknown migratory patterns of whale sharks in the world’s oceans. These giant fish are found in the waters of 13 countries, but have two bays in Indonesia “that are like home to them.”