# The Outlaw Ocean Project A journalism non-profit chronicling the diversity of crimes on the high seas Page: Feed: --- ## [Forced Labor in China's Rapidly Expanding Aquaculture Industry](https://theoutlawocean.substack.com/p/forced-labor-in-chinas-rapidly-expanding) _2026-08-17 · Ian Urbina_ Three years ago we revealed the extent of forced labor on China’s fishing boats on the high seas and in its seafood processing plants along its eastern coast. ## [Four New Outlaw Ocean Murals in The Philippines, Indonesia, and Uruguay](https://theoutlawocean.substack.com/p/four-new-outlaw-ocean-murals-in-the) _2026-08-13 · Ian Urbina_ The OO Mural Project was launched in 2022 and has continued to grow in reach and impact. ## [Rhapsody on the Outlaw Ocean](https://theoutlawocean.substack.com/p/rhapsody-on-the-outlaw-ocean) _2026-07-15 · Ian Urbina_ A groundbreaking new documentary transforms prize-winning at-sea reporting into an animated musical experience. ## [Hope Springs Eternal](https://theoutlawocean.substack.com/p/hope-springs-eternal) _2026-05-08 · Ian Urbina_ The Outlaw Ocean Institute is one of the most important parts of the work we do, even if it’s among the least known. ## [The Outlaw Ocean Testifies Before Congress](https://theoutlawocean.substack.com/p/the-outlaw-ocean-testifies-before) _2026-04-17 · Ian Urbina_ We presented key findings from our current investigation focused on the global aquaculture industry and its ties for forced labor, food insecurity, illegal fishing and other issues. ## [OO Podcast: The North Korean Women Supplying the West With Seafood](https://theoutlawocean.substack.com/p/oo-podcast-the-north-korean-women) _2025-07-24 · Ian Urbina_ In February 2023, Donggang Jinhui Foodstuff, a seafood-processing company in China, threw a party. ## [OO Podcast: The Forced Uyghur Labor Behind The Fish You Eat](https://theoutlawocean.substack.com/p/oo-podcast-the-forced-uyghur-labor) _2025-07-16 · Ian Urbina_ On a cloudy morning in April 2023, more than eighty men and women, dressed in matching red windbreakers, stood in orderly lines in front of the train station in Xinjiang, a landlocked and subjugated region in China's far west. ## [OO Podcast: The Undisputed Superpower Of Seafood](https://theoutlawocean.substack.com/p/oo-podcast-the-undisputed-superpower) _2025-07-09 · Ian Urbina_ Daniel Aritonang graduated from high school in May, 2018, hoping to find a job. ## [OO Podcast: The Shrimp Factory Whistleblower](https://theoutlawocean.substack.com/p/oo-podcast-the-shrimp-factory-whistleblower) _2025-07-02 · Ian Urbina_ On October 29 2023, a 45-year-old American named Joshua Farinella flew into the city of Amalapuram near India’s eastern coast to start his new job as the general manager at a shrimp processing plant owned by a company called Choice Canning. ## [Watch Chovy Code Live (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/0BsGSQusvZrp) _2025-07-02 · **Sponsored**_ Join live coding streams with real-time collaborative screen sharing, open source and free. ## [OO Podcast: The Repo Man Of The Seas](https://theoutlawocean.substack.com/p/oo-podcast-the-repo-man-of-the-seas) _2025-06-25 · Ian Urbina_ In Greece, Max Hardberger posed as an interested buyer, in Haiti as a port official, in Trinidad, a shipper.