The numbers of Chinese fishing boats may very well be 10 times that of the U.S., but the tonnage and harvest capability is most certainly less than 10 times that of the U.S. The fisheries management capability and performance of the U.S is, however, to be lauded.

There is a seminal work written by Lester Brown in 1995 entitled "Who will feed China?" In it he forecast that China's economic rise would shift China to a protein diet and a net-food importer, pricing poorer countries in Africa and the Middle East out of the 'protein market' for meat and fish.

Of course this has come to pass.

There are no free markets of any type, but food is one of the most subsidized and politicized markets in all countries.

The world has the wealth and capability to feed all of its inhabitants. Capitalism will certainly never achieve this goal, despite shameless oligarchs like Gates preaching the end of hunger.

Is it a crime to steal bread for your starving children in a country that fails to provide full employment?