The Outlaw Ocean Project

The Outlaw Ocean Project

We are contacting you regarding our ongoing investigation into aquaculture and the global fishmeal and fish oil industry, which has uncovered an array of industry-wide environmental and human rights concerns. These concerns date from between 2018 and the present, and they pertain to events or conditions on land or at sea.

Our investigation has found that the Mauritania Central Fishery operates the fishing vessels Laoting 9 and 10; Siniya 1, 2, 3, 5, 18 and 88; and Burhan Reis-5. Although transshipment is banned in Mauritanian waters, the Burhan Reis-5 engaged in what Oceanmind, a maritime in…