Some pretty sobering reading. Illegal fishing is discussed in the pdf file (a little over 100 pages). Gill nets up to 150 km (90 miles) being used in the Southern oceans.

The thin green line is stretched pretty tight.


UNEP-INTERPOL Report: Value of Environmental Crime up 26% Sat, Jun 4, 2016

Eco-crime hits record high at up to $258 billion, outstripping the illegal trade in small arms, as international criminal gangs and militant groups profit from the plunder of Earth's resources



http://unep.org/documents/itw/environmental_crimes.pdf

http://www.unep.org/newscentre/Default.aspx?DocumentID=27076&ArticleID=36202&l=en