UNDERCOVER?

Unsustainable fishing practices have been infamous for their destructive methods and conduct. Using the ocean as seemingly an inexhaustible source of income, the fishermen pillage the already suffering marine ecosystem in large amounts.

These sea-faring men often live double lives as fishermen and pirates, smuggling drugs, tobacco, weapons and other illegally acquired goods between countries. The intense and unsustainable fishing practices, often combined with piracy, mean that, as a conservationist, it would be impossible to board such a ship in order to conduct research. And so, there was only one way to undertake the expedition - go undercover.

Our agent then spent several weeks out in the Indian Ocean on a mission to observe the devastating practices first-hand. The agent worked as a sailor on board two ships and kept an accurate record of the environmental exploitation and the expedition as a whole.

The dangers were extreme, but our mission was completed safely and successfully.