[tw04]

There's a very, very big difference between "we're exhausting the fish supplies off our coastal waters" and "we have an entire dark fleet we send to South America to pillage their waters because they can't defend themselves".

The question wasn't about whether Japan is appropriately managing their fish stocks, the question was whether or not they had massive illegal fleets gutting the ocean around the world (which China is currently doing).

[soperj]

I guess it's technically not illegal, but they fish just outside those boundaries everywhere, they also buy up massive amounts of legally caught fish elsewhere, leading to over fishing in those areas as well. Fisherman elsewhere get paid, but it's the same end result.

[MichaelZuo]

If in fact they are not enforcing their own rules in their own waters, then it wouldn't be a relevant example?