Shoals
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When the explorer John Cabot sailed off the coast of Newfoundland more than 500 years ago, vast
shoals
of cod slowed down his ships; crews could lower buckets over the side and fill them with fish.
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And every June and July, enormous
shoals
of sardines travel northwards in a mass migration we call the Sardine Run.
Aiming to establish a fait accompli concerning its claims to sovereignty in the area, China has lately been engaged in concerted dredging and reclamation works on several reefs and
shoals
of the disputed Spratly Islands.
This includes “refraining from action of inhabiting on the presently uninhabited islands, reefs, shoals, cays, and other features and to handle their differences in a constructive manner.”
China is not aiming for control of just a few
shoals
or other tiny outcroppings; it seeks to dominate the South and East China Seas strategically and corner maritime resources, including seabed minerals.
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