'Free-for-all' decimates fish stocks in the southern Pacific

By Mort Rosenblum and Mar Cabra

Fishing fleets have devastated stocks in the southern Pacific, once among the world’s richest waters

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A look at the reporting process behind ICIJ's 'Looting the Seas III' investigation

Lords of the fish

By Juan Pablo Figueroa Lasch

As fish stocks plummet, industry and government blame each other for the damage
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Peru’s vanishing fish

By Milagros Salazar

Rampant cheating and lax controls allowed companies to overfish their quotas and avoid taxes

Fishing nations fail to stop plunder in the South Pacific

By Mort Rosenblum and Mar Cabra

Fishing nations failed to stop plunder in the South Pacific

Dutch Parliament debates ICIJ’s Pacific overfishing investigation

By Marina Walker Guevara

ICIJ's exposé on overfishing in the South Pacific sparks parliamentary debate
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Behind the story: Why I care about a bony fish with oddly shaped fins

By Mort Rosenblum

Mort Rosenblum talks about his experience reporting 'Looting the Seas III' for ICIJ and BBC World News with a multi-country team.

New BBC documentary spotlights ICIJ probe into fish devastation

By Marina Walker Guevara

BBC World News to broadcast 'Looting the Pacific', a documentary that spotlights ICIJ's probe into ocean plundering.

IMPACT: Key vote clears way to stop fish plundering in the South Pacific

By Mort Rosenblum and Mar Cabra

Long overdue Chilean vote unblocks efforts to impose binding regulations on fishing quotas across the southern Pacific