Why Illegal Fishing Is Making an Environmental Problem a Security Issue

Why Illegal Fishing Is Making an Environmental Problem a Security Issue
Workers sort shrimp at a seafood market, Mahachai, Thailand, Sept. 30, 2015 (AP photo by Gemunu Amarasinghe).

In this week’s Trend Lines podcast, WPR’s editor-in-chief, Judah Grunstein, speaks with senior editor, Frederick Deknatel, and associate editor, Omar H. Rahman, about U.S. President Donald Trump’s speech at the U.N. General Assembly this week, and how the world is adjusting to his outspoken style. For the Report, Johan Bergenas joins Andrew Green to discuss the impact of illegal fishing and why it is shifting from an environmental problem to a security issue as governments tangle over dwindling resources.

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