FACT CHECK: Ship sunk in footage is not an illegal Chinese vessel

FactCheck: A reverse image search leads to a news report which reveals that the ship in question is an illegal toothfish poaching vessel sunk for unlawful poaching. FactsFirstPH

” — a group of six fishing vessels that were illegally hunting Patagonian toothfish in the Southern Ocean. The collaborative efforts of national governments and the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society led to the cessation of the group’s illegal activities in 2016.An online search with keywords related to the video will yield no results that substantiate the claim made in the YouTube video.

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