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China’s distant-water fishing fleet eclipses that of other nations, and so does its rap sheet, according to the authors of a recent report based mainly on data released by China. Distant-water fishing, with vessels that travel the globe hunting seafood on the high seas and in other countries’ waters, is a notoriously opaque and poorly regulated sector. Many nations fall short of publishing comprehensive information on their fleets’ activities, with China making limited data available only in the past few years. This is the first “global footprint” analysis of Chinese distant-water fleet operat…