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Video Dispatches from The Outlaw Ocean (Episode 6)

The fish we turn to dust: Gambia, like many of its west African neighbours, has embraced the lucrative production of fishmeal. But the booming aquaculture industry, widely hailed by conservationists as the best hope for slowing ocean depletion, is polluting waters, decimating fish stocks and threatening the lives of millions worldwide.
Video Dispatches from The Outlaw Ocean (Episode 6)
Ian Urbina
By Ian Urbina
24 May 2023
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https://youtu.be/jBzjIvu5Bs0

In this episode Ian Urbina investigates the impact of fishmeal factories and foreign trawlers in west Africa, exposing how a fifth of all marine life pulled from the sea ends up being ground up to feed farmed fish and why solutions meant to combat ocean depletion could be accelerating the problem. DM

Watch the previous instalments: 

Video Dispatches from The Outlaw Ocean (Episode 1)

Video Dispatches from The Outlaw Ocean (Episode 2)

Video Dispatches from The Outlaw Ocean (Episode 3)

Video Dispatches from The Outlaw Ocean (Episode 4)

Video Dispatches from The Outlaw Ocean (Episode 5)

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REeWvTRUpMk

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