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The Outlaw Ocean Project

Ian Urbina
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A journalism non-profit chronicling the diversity of crimes on the high seas

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India: The Dirty Business of Fishmeal

In November 2020, government inspectors arrived at a fishmeal plant in Goa after years of complaints that it was poisoning the air and water around nearby villages. Using ground-penetrating radar, they found what authorities described as hi...

13 days ago

Western Sahara: Fish Laundering And A Military Occupation

In October 2020, protesters in Western Sahara blocked a lonely stretch of coastal highway, stopping some 200 trucks carrying goods out of the disputed territory. Among their cargo was fishmeal—a dull, protein-rich powder made from pulverize...

16 days ago

Peru: The Fishmeal Capital of the World

On August 7, 2023, three explosions ripped through a fishmeal plant in Chimbote, shattering windows and sending black smoke over the city. Residents poured into the streets. “The contamination is killing us,” one man told reporters. “Don’t...

17 days ago

Senegal: Continuous Fishing and Its Costs

In August 2022, protesters in Kayar marched from the fishing wharf to a nearby fishmeal factory carrying signs that read “Kayar is sick” and “Our water is contaminated.” Residents said the plant had polluted local water, fouled the air with...

20 days ago

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The Food for Feed investigation consists of two dozen articles and documentary films that offer a sobering picture of what fish farming really entails, including forced labor, avoidable worker deaths, rampant stench, lost livelihoods, civil...

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    Ian Urbina is the director of The Outlaw Ocean Project, a non-profit journalism organization based in Washington DC that produces investigative stories about human rights, environment & labor concerns on the two-thirds of the planet covered by water

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