What’s really happening in the ocean’s “dark zones”

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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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Johnny Harris is an Emmy-winning independent journalist and contributor to the New York Times. Based in Washington, DC, Harris reports on interesting trends and stories domestically and around the globe, publishing to his audience of over 5 million on Youtube. Harris produced and hosted the twice Emmy-nominated series Borders for Vox Media. His visual style blends motion graphics with cinematic videography to create content that explains complex issues in relatable ways.

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