Chinese fishing ban blasted as PR stunt that does 'nothing' to protect wildlife

A nonprofit dedicated to ocean conservation has raised concerns that China’s recent fishing ban amounts to little more than a PR stunt since the country allegedly doesn’t fish much in the recently banned areas.

"Ending squid fishing in areas where there is no fishing does nothing to protect squid," he argued. "If we are going to take responsible fishing seriously, we need real solutions — not ones built on optics to disingenuously win the world’s good favor." Peter Aitken is a Fox News Digital reporter with a focus on national and global news. 

China’s ministry of agriculture and rural affairs in 2020 announced a ban on fishing in parts of the Atlantic Ocean from July to October and parts of the eastern Pacific Ocean from September to December, Xinhua news reported at the time.