Illegal Fishing is Part of National Security?

Secretary of State John Kerry and other world leaders are being gathered in Washington DC to talk about illegal fishing, pollution of waters, and the protection of marine parks. The number one topic to talk about though is illegal fishing. John Kerry is now considering that illegal fishing is a national security issue because it is linked with international organized crime. Fishing vessels is the number one leading cause of this because many drug traffickers use fishing vessels to transport drugs across international waters. In March the Australian Royal Navy seized a vessel that was hiding $2 billion of arms under fishing nets. There has also been a lot of violence between countries about fishing rights and territories. China mainly gets involved with many countries. Some countries have stated that they will use military force on vessels that are illegally fishing in their territory. None the less it is obvious to see how illegal fishing can be linked to a national security issue.