The Brutal Reality of China’s Fishermen | Squid Fleet | The New Yorker Documentary

In Ed Ou and Will N. Miller’s short documentary, crew members work tirelessly thousands of miles from shore to provide squid for the global food chain.


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[TheOutlawOceanProject]

Hello everyone! My name is Ian Urbina, and I am the director of The Outlaw Ocean Project, which produced this amazing documentary film. I’ll be happy to answer any questions here (with input from the filmmakers Ed Ou, Will Miller, and Michael Hsu). Thanks for watching.

[Rierieann]

I found this after watching Stepahnie Soo's video and wanted to learn more. Such a heartbreaking reality 😢

[mattostovitz]

honestly that first shot alone was so incredible. great job! you have an awesome cinematographer working on this. give them a raise

[philsterlingpejcinovic]

I can't believe this only has 130k views it is sad but its so well shot.

[kimzgal]

who else is here because of Stephanie?

[andreafink]

Thank you for telling the world.
Squid will no longer be at my table.

[Eduardo-bwji]

Superb film, absolute masterpiece.

I totally loved the photography and the story telling.
Reading the article before made the difference on the deep understanding of the film.

Fabulous.

[keithsoifer]

I was born n raised in what was then the country's largest commercial fishing port. SIXTY YEARS AGO, when I was a small child, Russian, Asian, n Scandinavian countries sent huge fishing factory fleets to what was the richest fishing grounds in the world, the Grand Banks, in the North Atlantic. American fleets could not compete against these factory fleets that could do all the processing of their catches at sea. Today the Grand Banks is a barren wasteland n my proud hometown fishing fleet is no longer, throwing generations of fishermen permanently out of work.

[Ashley_Mo]

Just curious, is anyone else here after Stephanie Soo/Rotten Mango made a podcast on this?

[Eli-ldqf]

Makes me awfully sad how we humans are destroying the world and destroying Mother Nature…

[ilasas]

I read your article online via "LA Times" titled "They catch squid for the world’s table. But deckhands on Chinese ships pay a deadly price". I came across this video to see a "Chinese squid boat" up close. Both are excellent. RIP Fadhil and others.

[NotOnDrugs]

*Commercial sea scallop fisherman here, out of Cape May, NJ. We fish for squid **_a lot_** different than this.* Also, he said "your mind is in the sky, because your feet are never on the ground: if your mind wanders when you're working at sea, you _will_ get hurt.

[Gngatho]

This is slavery!😢 China needs a union that fights for employee rights. This is unacceptable and heartbreaking 💔

[ang]

Thanks Stephanie, you brought us all here. Squid is out the bag.

[Nutmeg]

This is terrifying for the fishermen trying to make a living and the squid.

[altouna]

The long shots where you see dozens and dozens of boats is wild

[Frater_Maven]

Thank you for all the motivation I needed to never order calamari appetizers ever again! It's delicious deep fried but if that's all I have to do to wash my hands clean of all the evil, violence and corruption that has become inherent and all pervasive in the squid fishing industry . . . I will gladly pay that price and make that exchange a 1000 times over. But now you have me scared about looking into the shellfish industry because lobster crab and shrimp are my favorite food . . . That is a much more difficult bargain . . . Also to ANY AND ALL looking into this industry for employment, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE do yourself a potentially life-saving favor and triple check the legal writing and specific language used in your contract! If you're illiterate and that means paying someone who can read to do it for you, it's worth it but make sure it's someone you can trust like a family member or someone you've known for most your life that hasn't tried to cheat you.

[hedgehog.of.cydonia]

i want to cry because of that one squid, that spewed out ink, when it was pulled up.
it wanted so badly to scare away whatever attacked him

[orawal]

Absolutely breathtaking. Every aspect of this.

[fuzzjunky]

i knew it was going to be awful bot wow. i'm not sure I even have the word for this. we are the only problem with the planet.