Buenos Aires, March 6 -- China possesses the largest fishing fleet globally, which is increasingly depleting Argentina's marine resources through a combination of legal and illegal fishing activities, Radio Free Asia (RFA) reported, citing an Argentinian environmental organization

A significant number of Chinese vessels are legitimately registered to operate under the Argentine flag and fish in its waters, while a rising proportion of Chinese fishing boats are illegally operating under the flags of other nations, according to the group El Circulo de Politicas Ambientales, as noted by RFA.

In the past, Chinese fishing boats would typically linger at the edge of Argentina's exclusive economic zone (EEZ) and turn off their automatic identi...