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When fishing boats go dark at sea, they're often committing crimes – we mapped where it happens

  • Written by Heather Welch, Researcher in Ecosystem Dynamics, University of California, Santa Cruz
imageWorkers flood a Vietnamese-flagged boat caught operating illegally off West Kalimantan, Indonesia on May 4, 2019 in order to sink it.AP Photos/William Pasaribu

In January 2019, the Korean-flagged fishing vessel Oyang 77 sailed south toward international waters off Argentina. The vessel had a known history of nefarious activities, including...

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