What’s really happening in the ocean’s “dark zones”

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China’s huge invisible fishing fleet featuring: https://www.youtube.com/@christophe Take back your personal data with Incogni! Use code johnnyharris at the link below and get 60% off annual plans: https://incogni.com/johnnyharris Huge thank you to Ian Urbina and The Outlaw Ocean for sharing their footage and insight with us. We could not have told this story without them. Go check out their work and consider supporting their important reporting: https://theoutlawocean.com/ Subscribe to Christophe here: https://www.youtube.com/@christophe Check out all my sources for this video here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1w2NwfUuum5Hp-MY2gWhtVtTIz45FIc69QKVZzT3MX1A/edit?tab=t.0 Tons of data for this story came from: https://globalfishingwatch.org/ On Google Earth, the world’s oceans look like endless blue pixels — but AIS tracking reveals tens of thousands of ships moving across them in real time. Many of these vessels can vanish from view with the push of a button, hiding a global fishing industry that operates in the dark and traps laborers in brutal conditions. I teamed up with my colleague Christophe to understand what ships do when they disappear. Join Newpress, our community-driven hub for creator journalism: https://newpress.com/go Special thanks to: - Cian Luck - Fernando Paolo MORE CHANNELS: Check out my channel with Sam Ellis - Search Party https://youtube.com/@SearchParty All the music for this video was created by our in-house composer Tom Fox and is available to license or just to listen to on our music channel @tomfoxcatalog Do you have an insider tip or unique information on a story? Do you have a suggestion for a story you want us to cover? Submit to the Tip Line: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdpNs1ykIwd7KNkwntN897X_SX9hJ8WiTH_erlLU_bQp2GGLg/viewform?usp=sharing Get our World Map t-shirts now! White "World Map" shirt: https://store.dftba.com/products/world-map-t-shirt-white?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=product_shelf Tie Dye "World Map" shirt: https://store.dftba.com/p