What’s really happening in the ocean’s “dark zones”
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China’s huge invisible fishing fleet featuring: https://www.youtube.com/@christophe
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Tons of data for this story came from: https://globalfishingwatch.org/
On Google Earth, the world’s oceans look like endless blue pixels — but AIS tracking reveals tens of thousands of ships moving across them in real time. Many of these vessels can vanish from view with the push of a button, hiding a global fishing industry that operates in the dark and traps laborers in brutal conditions. I teamed up with my colleague Christophe to understand what ships do when they disappear.
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-- VIDEO CHAPTERS --
0:00 Intro
2:14 Uncovering the secrets at sea
7:39 The biggest fishing fleet in history
14:10 What’s actually happening on dark vessels
20:20 Shining a light on dark activity
27:28 Conclusion
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