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title: "Video Dispatches from The Outlaw Ocean (Episode 2)"
description: "Bondage on the high seas – most people do not realise sea slavery exists. Our oceans are running out of fish. As stocks disappear, ships are having to travel farther offshore to fulfil their quotas, and margins for profit have become razor-thin. As a result, captains increasingly turn to trafficked, debt-bonded and forced labour to make ends meet."
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publisher: "Daily Maverick"
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section: "THE OUTLAW OCEAN PROJECT"
author: "Ian Urbina"
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canonical_url: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-04-26-video-dispatches-from-the-outlaw-ocean-episode-2/"
published: "2023-04-26T17:50:49"
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# Video Dispatches from The Outlaw Ocean (Episode 2)

> Bondage on the high seas – most people do not realise sea slavery exists. Our oceans are running out of fish. As stocks disappear, ships are having to travel farther offshore to fulfil their quotas, and margins for profit have become razor-thin. As a result, captains increasingly turn to trafficked, debt-bonded and forced labour to make ends meet.

By Ian Urbina · Published 26 April 2023, 19:50 SAST

## Key points
- Take a deep dive into the murky underworld of sea slavery with Ian Urbina's Dispatches From The Outlaw Ocean, and explore how overfishing has given rise to a pervasive abuse that companies and governments struggle to counter.
- Sea slavery is a global scourge that has been enabled by overfishing.
- Watch this episode to explore how trans-shipment, fish laundering and abuse are tracked and countered.
- Dispatches From The Outlaw Ocean - Episode 1: Where Killers Go Free
- Get tickets to Daily Maverick’s The Gathering Earth Edition here .

## Content

[YouTube video: "YouTube video"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ubWVB-Z7ZE)

A global scourge, sea slavery is something most people do not realise exists. In this episode, Ian Urbina takes viewers onboard roach- and rat-infested ships on the South China Sea to explore how overfishing has given rise to trans-shipment, fish laundering and a prevalence of abuse that companies and governments have a tough time tracking or countering. **DM**

Watch here: [Dispatches From The Outlaw Ocean - Episode 1: Where Killers Go Free](https://youtu.be/DzeGA37Hvaw)

*For tickets to Daily Maverick’s The Gathering Earth Edition, click [here](https://www.quicket.co.za/events/200475-the-gathering-e-edition-energy-esg-earth-economics-ecosystem/#/).*

[YouTube video: "YouTube video"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REeWvTRUpMk)