Methodology: Behind the numbers

By The Int'l Consortium of Investigative Journalists

A look at the reporting process behind select stories in 'Looting the Seas III'

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By The Int'l Consortium of Investigative Journalists

Weekly Watchdog 1/26/12

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

By Mort Rosenblum and Mar Cabra

Peru’s vanishing fish

By Milagros Salazar

Excerpts from this story referencing "Ministry of Production":

"… base of anchoveta landings using freedom of information in March 2011. The Ministry of Production denied access repeatedly, saying it was not public.In this database, offic …"

"… ICIJ used the average price in US dollars based on monthly figures on the Ministry of Production website. The ratio of anchoveta to fishmeal was 4:3, as recommended by ind …"

Peru’s vanishing fish

By Milagros Salazar

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

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

By Mort Rosenblum and Mar Cabra

Fishing nations fail to stop plunder in the South Pacific

By Mort Rosenblum and Mar Cabra

Dutch Parliament debates ICIJ’s Pacific overfishing investigation

By Marina Walker Guevara

Lords of the fish

By Juan Pablo Figueroa Lasch

Excerpts from this story referencing "Ministry of Production":

"… y scales. That is more than all the fish British fleets land in a year.The Ministry of Production, which governs fisheries, denied access to the database that records the c …"

"… fished the quotas by at least 2 percent and likely more.In some cases, the Ministry of Production set quotas that were higher than Imarpe recommended. According to document …"