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).
Citation? Because as best I can tell Japan has been doing what they can to prevent fish obtained by illegal means from hitting their market.
https://www.seafoodsource.com/news/supply-trade/japanese-leg...
How could Japan be having its jellyfish problem, stemming from overfishing allegedly, if the rules were actually enforced?
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).
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I doubt it's perfectly enforced though, another problem is that Japan's legal fishing regulation is poor.