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title: "Video Dispatches from The Outlaw Ocean (Episode 9)"
description: "Fluid Borders: The South China Sea is home to the most hotly contested waters on Earth, and Indonesia, the world’s largest archipelago, is virtually impossible to police. For decades, its sprawling waters have been the playground for illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing. When the country began cracking down on trespassers, arresting foreign crew and blowing up their boats, its tactics were hailed as effective, but the controversy provoked the ire of many."
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author: "Ian Urbina"
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published: "2023-06-18T16:36:33"
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# Video Dispatches from The Outlaw Ocean (Episode 9)

> Fluid Borders: The South China Sea is home to the most hotly contested waters on Earth, and Indonesia, the world’s largest archipelago, is virtually impossible to police. For decades, its sprawling waters have been the playground for illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing. When the country began cracking down on trespassers, arresting foreign crew and blowing up their boats, its tactics were hailed as effective, but the controversy provoked the ire of many.

By Ian Urbina · Published 18 June 2023, 18:36 SAST

## Key points
- Join Ian Urbina on this episode of Video Dispatches from The Outlaw Ocean as he takes a thrilling turn for the worse on a routine maritime border patrol.
- Join Ian Urbina on a dramatic maritime border patrol
- Follow the series with previous instalments of Video Dispatches from The Outlaw Ocean
- An unexpected turn for the worse during the patrol
- Read all about Daily Maverick's recent The Gathering: Earth Edition

## Content

In this episode, we accompany Ian Urbina on a routine maritime border patrol which rapidly takes a turn for the worse.

[YouTube video: "YouTube video"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWOau0d47yk)

**Watch previous instalments:**

[**Video Dispatches from The Outlaw Ocean (Episode 1)**](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-04-17-video-dispatches-from-the-outlaw-ocean-episode-1/)

[**Video Dispatches from The Outlaw Ocean (Episode 2)**](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-04-26-video-dispatches-from-the-outlaw-ocean-episode-2/)

[**Video Dispatches from The Outlaw Ocean (Episode 3)**](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-05-02-video-dispatches-from-the-outlaw-ocean-episode-3/)

[**Video Dispatches from The Outlaw Ocean (Episode 4)**](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-05-09-video-dispatches-from-the-outlaw-ocean-episode-4/)

[**Video Dispatches from The Outlaw Ocean (Episode 5)**](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-05-16-video-dispatches-from-the-outlaw-ocean-episode-5/)

[**Video Dispatches from The Outlaw Ocean****(Episode 6)**](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-05-24-video-dispatches-from-the-outlaw-ocean-episode-6/)

**[Video Dispatches from The Outlaw Ocean (Episode 7)](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-05-30-video-dispatches-from-the-outlaw-ocean-episode-7/)**

**[Video Dispatches from The Outlaw Ocean (Episode 8)](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-06-13-video-dispatches-from-the-outlaw-ocean-episode-8/)**

*To read all about Daily Maverick's recent The Gathering: Earth Edition, click [here](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/the-gathering-earth-edition-solutions-for-a-sustainable-future/).*

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