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Fights over illegal fishing lead to armed conflict and deaths | Helen Wieffering / The Associated Press

Around the world, from Sri Lanka to Argentina to the South China Sea, the ocean has become an expanding front in the armed conflict between nations over illegal fishing and overfishing, practices that deplete a vulnerable food source for billions of people worldwide.

Fights over illegal fishing worldwide lead to armed conflict, deaths

An Associated Press review of conflict databases found in the past 5 years more than 360 instances of state authorities ramming or shooting at foreign fishing boats, sometimes leading to deaths.

Fights over illegal fishing lead to armed conflict, deaths

Fights over Illegal Fishing Lead to Armed Conflict, Deaths

Protesters from across Sri Lanka descended on the nation's capital in February, shouting above the street noise and pumping their fists in the air in frustration. The group was made up of fishermen and their supporters, and their rage was sparked by the Indian boats that regularly sail into Sri L

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