It's hard to predict where a specific flashpoint would occur. The key thing is that we need to focus on what would be the most impactful threats.
Concerns over fishing would have to take a number of different steps to become concerning. The most recent disputes we've had over fishing have been with key allies, so the likelihood that those evolve into something we don't want to see happen is perhaps less, depending on who is actually doing the fishing.
Having said that, a number of countries—China in particular—employ non-state assets, and fishing vessels in particular, in ways that make it difficult to figure out whether or not those vessels are acting independently or acting as an arm of the Chinese government, in a sense.
We need to be mindful of those things, but I think the core priority should be focused on conventional military threats, because we have so far to go in terms of adequately preparing for our own defence.
Thank you.
