'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

Excerpts from this story referencing "oceanographer":

"… blic indifference.Daniel Pauly, the eminent University of British Columbia oceanographer, sees jack mackerel in the southern Pacific as an alarming indicator.“Th …"

"… and Asia, experts say.A landmark report by Rashid Sumaila, along with the oceanographer Pauly and others at the University of British Columbia, estimated total gl …"

"… here are way too many boats, just simply way too many boats.”In the end, oceanographer Pauly argues, this global trend will not change unless a major power — t …"

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.

Excerpts from this story referencing "oceanographer":

"… d oily flesh that swims in shoals far away in the southern Pacific. But as oceanographer Daniel Pauly told me, they are the last buffalo. Industrial fleets, moving …"