China sends fisheries research ship to West Pacific as Guam raises tuna worries

A team of researchers from Shanghai Ocean University aboard the Song research vessel left port in June 2022 for a voyage to map fishery resources in the Western Pacific, a project funded by the Chinese Agriculture Ministry’s Fisheries Bureau.

A ceremony to see the vessel off featured a red banner hung on the ship’s side declaring "Comprehensive Scientific Survey of Fishery Resources in the High Seas of the Western Pacific Ocean.” A statement from Shanghai Ocean said that 27 researchers will…

Photo courtesy of Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences