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The Outlaw Ocean Project

Smoke rises from a fishmeal factory in 2025 near a residential community in Callao, Peru. Credit: Ministry of Production of Peru

Modern Aquaculture’s Invisible Cost: Its Putrid Stench

By Ian Urbina

A fire rages on the SS South America, one of at least 90 fires that broke out on ships carrying fishmeal between the 1950s and 1970s. In an effort to prevent more fishmeal fires on cargo ships, the feed industry began treating fishmeal with ethoxyquin. Credit: Sepia Times, NY Daily News, Evers, Joost/Anefo

The Fire Retardant in the Seafood Chain

By Ian Urbina

Anchovetas fill a receiving tank at a fishmeal plant in Peru during a government visit in April 2025, marking the launch of the year’s first anchoveta fishing season, which opened with a quota of three million tons. Credit: Ministry of Production of Peru

The Fishfeed Trap

By Ian Urbina

Fish farms along the Xiromero coastline in Greece in 2026. The local municipality has submitted an appeal to the country’s highest court opposing proposed expansion plans. Credit: Johnny Sturgeon/The Outlaw Ocean Project

Greece’s Seafood Problem Starts Elsewhere

By Johnny Sturgeon, Ian Urbina

China’s Blue Mirage

By Ian Urbina

Robbing a Bank When No One’s Looking

By Ian Urbina, Maya Martin, Joe Galvin, Susan Ryan, and Austin Brush - Editors at The Outlaw Ocean Project

On Feb. 24, 2018, the Argentine Coast Guard discovered the Jing Yuan 626 fishing illegally within Argentina’s EEZ. Here, an Argentine Coast Guard member watches as Jing Yuan 626 and several other foreign fishing vessels crowd around during a pursuit. Credit: Javier Giannattasio

Taking Over from the Inside: China’s Growing Reach Into Local Waters

By Ian Urbina, Pete McKenzie and Milko Schvartzman

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