Dolphins, Sharks, Turtles and Workers Are All Victims of Unregulated Squid Fleets
Key takeaways
- Republish Fishers wave from onboard a Chinese-flagged squid jigger.
- The report focuses on three unregulated regions—the Northwest Indian Ocean, the Southeast Pacific and the Southwest Atlantic—which collectively supply over 60 percent of the planet’s squid.
- “What we have uncovered through these investigations reveals a level of secrecy and opacity that would be completely unacceptable in any other industry,” said Dominic Thomson, the director of squid fisheries at EJF.
Why this matters: environmental and climate reporting with long-term consequences.
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Hundreds of former Indonesian and Filipino crew members working onboard squid ships have exposed widespread environmental crimes and human rights abuses on the high seas every day, according to a new report by the nonprofit Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF).
The report focuses on three unregulated regions—the Northwest Indian Ocean, the Southeast Pacific and the Southwest Atlantic—which collectively supply over 60 percent of the planet’s squid.