Chinese Fishing Trawlers Starving Out Sindhi and Baluchistan Fishermen
The China Pakistan Economic Corridor has virtually enslaved the Pakistan economically. Pakistan is in no position to pay back even the annual interest on nearly $ 90 billion so called investment made by China.
So the Chinese have started looting out the mineral and other natural resources of Baluchistan and sending it to China terming it as Export from Pakistan.
To appease the ever growing Chinese appetite, next in line is going to be loot of the vast deep sea and coastal fisheries resources off the Coast of Sind and Baluchistan.
Anger is brewing among fishermen in Pakistan as 20 Chinese deep-sea trawlers have arrived near Karachi. The fishermen are planning a protest.
Pressure group Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum has announced a campaign against the Chinese trawlers’ arrival. The group says that fish stocks in coastal areas have already declined by more than 72 per cent after last year due to uncontrolled fishing. The group fears that fishing by the Chinese trawlers will further deplete Pakistan’s marine resources.
The trawlers arrived off the coast of Sindh and Baluchistan in the first week of August. It is not known where exactly in China, these trawlers have come from.
“These vessels threaten the livelihoods of small fishermen by depriving the catch today, and in future by ecologically destroying the sea,” said PFF chairman Muhammad Ali Shah.
Fishermen in Gwadar have also announced a protest campaign against the vessels. Gwadar is a central part of the USD 50 billion China Pakistan Economic Corridor. Fishermen in Gwadar have protested in the past as well. They protested against construction activities that prevented them from going into the sea.
