VINA DEL MAR, Chile: The world's oceans are under threat from both illegal and mass industrial fishing, in which millions of fish are caught and discarded, experts warned Tuesday.

"The overfishing of our oceans is largely the result of illegal fishing plus discarded fish," said Juan Vilata, a conservationist at the environmental group WWF Chile, on the sidelines of a major conference on saving the world's oceans.

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