--- description: Urbina is the director of The Outlaw Ocean Project, a non-profit journalism organization that produces investigative stories about human rights, environment and labor concerns on the two thirds of the planet covered by water. title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Ian Urbina ## Ian Urbina Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Urbina is the director of The Outlaw Ocean Project, a non-profit journalism organization that produces investigative stories about human rights, environment and labor concerns on the two thirds of the planet covered by water. ## Ian Urbina Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close *  Aug 1, 2024 ### [China's Reach Into Global Fishing Waters](https://time.com/7006513/china-illegal-fishing-ocean-investigation/) Through local partnerships and legal loopholes, China is dominating not just the high seas—but also ... [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Apr 1, 2024 ### [Growing Concerns About Global Seafood](https://time.com/6962248/global-seafood-supply-chain-problems/) From forced labor in fish plants in China to concerns about shrimp plants in India, the global suppl... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Mar 1, 2024 ### [How We Interviewed North Koreans Working in China](https://time.com/6836540/north-koreans-working-in-china-seafood-plants/) Behind the scenes of an investigation into North Koreans working in China seafood plant. [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Oct 26, 2023 ### [Investigation of the Chinese Fishing Fleet](https://time.com/6328528/investigation-chinese-fishing-fleet-ian-urbina-essay/) How Ian Urbina and an international team of reporters at sea and on land conducted a four-year inves... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jul 5, 2023 ### [The Outlaw Ocean Ep. 10 | Freedom or Death | Time](https://time.com/6292361/outlaw-ocean-freedom-or-death-time/) [CLIMATE](/section/climate/) *  Jun 15, 2023 ### [The Outlaw Ocean Ep. 9 | Fluid Borders](https://time.com/6287656/the-outlaw-ocean-ep-9-fluid-borders/) In this episode we accompany Ian Urbina on a routine maritime border patrol which rapidly takes a tu... [CLIMATE](/section/climate/) *  Jun 6, 2023 ### [The Outlaw Ocean Ep. 8 | The Loophole Artist](https://time.com/6285203/the-outlaw-ocean-ep-8-the-loophole-artist/) For over 20 years, one woman has taken advantage of the legal loophole provided by the legal murkine... [CLIMATE](/section/climate/) *  Jun 6, 2023 ### [The Outlaw Ocean Ep. 7 | Chasing Ghosts](https://time.com/6285075/the-outlaw-ocean-ep-7-chasing-ghosts/) It is estimated that over 100 dead bodies wash up on Japan’s shores each year. Almost all of them ar... [CLIMATE](/section/climate/) *  May 24, 2023 ### [The Outlaw Ocean Ep. 6 | The Fish We Turn to Dust](https://time.com/6282401/outlaw-ocean-fish-we-turn-to-dust/) [CLIMATE](/section/climate/) *  May 24, 2023 ### [The Outlaw Ocean Ep. 5 | Raiders of the Deep](https://time.com/6282397/outlaw-ocean-raiders-of-the-deep/) [CLIMATE](/section/climate/) *  May 24, 2023 ### [The Outlaw Ocean Ep. 4 | The Magic Pipe](https://time.com/6282388/outlaw-ocean-the-magic-pipe/) [CLIMATE](/section/climate/) *  May 24, 2023 ### [The Outlaw Ocean Ep. 3 | Dreams of a Floating World](https://time.com/6282382/outlaw-ocean-a-floating-world/) [CLIMATE](/section/climate/) *  May 24, 2023 ### [The Outlaw Ocean Ep.2 | Bondage at Sea](https://time.com/6282376/outlaw-ocean-bondage-at-sea/) [CLIMATE](/section/climate/) *  May 24, 2023 ### [The Outlaw Ocean Ep. 1 | Where Killers Go Free](https://time.com/6279813/outlaw-ocean-where-killers-go-free/) [CLIMATE](/section/climate/) *  May 4, 2023 ### [Why We Need To Reimagine Our Oceans](https://time.com/6276430/need-to-reimagine-our-oceans-ian-urbina/) Ian Urbina on a new documentary series that reveals the untold story of the oceans [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/ian-urbina/","name":"Ian Urbina"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/ian-urbina/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/ian-urbina/"},"name":"Ian Urbina","jobTitle":null,"description":"Urbina is the director of The Outlaw Ocean Project, a non-profit journalism organization that produces investigative stories about human rights, environment and labor concerns on the two thirds of the planet covered by water.","url":"https://time.com/author/ian-urbina/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```