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Looting the Pacific
Life on the Edge
Rampant industrial overfishing has decimated the jack mackerel, one of the world’s last great fisheries.
Looting the Pacific
How rampant overfishing has decimated one of the world’s last great fisheries, and a staple of the global food chain.
Produced by tve for BBC World News, ‘Looting the Pacific’ follows an exclusive investigation by ICIJ (International Consortium of Investigative Journalists), the US-based non profit reporters network, which reveals the sorry saga of greed, mismanagement and lawlessness that has led to jack mackerel stock crashing – declining by 90 per cent over two decades. ICIJ’s lead reporter Mort Rosenblum also shows that a global convention intended to save jack mackerel stocks led instead to a disastrous ‘Race to Fish’ as nations like China, Russia, the Netherlands and other EU countries vied with Pacific states to stake their claim to fishing quotas.
Where to Watch
Global Coverage
The ICIJ's investigation has generated global coverage - find out more.
Blog: The Last Buffalo
Mort Rosenblum, head of ICIJ's investigation, reflects on how jack mackerel have become 'the last buffalo'.
Looting the Seas
Exposes the illegal fishing practices that are wiping out bluefin tuna.
Stolen Fish 1
Earth Report
Exposing the multi-million dollar business of illegal fishing.
Stolen Fish 2
Earth Report
Exposing the multi-million dollar business of illegal fishing.
Peru's vanishing fish
Peru is the world's second largest fishing nation after China, and 85 percent of its catch is anchoveta or anchovy.