00:00This is our Pacific Ocean. Sometimes I wish it can talk, tell us what has happened.
00:16Tuna. It's seen as a commodity, but it's so much more.
00:20The Pacific has the last remaining healthiest tuna fishery, and it's declining.
00:25The observers on fishing vessels, their role is to document illegal fishing practices on the high seas.
00:32Secrecy is king in the fishing industry.
00:35James was a shy person. He was a gentle person.
00:39James was drugged. I'm still not convinced that he wasn't coerced.
00:47James went overboard.
00:49Oh, drugging is definitely a danger for observers.
00:58Dozens and dozens of Pacific Island observers have died because they bear the truth of the actual industry's face and what they have been hiding from us.
01:08It defies belief that so many observers slip and fall into the sea.
01:15Every time I look at the ocean, I see my brother.
01:18Does it feel like there is something that's been covered up?
01:21You've looked at the images.
01:23The first report was blunt force trauma.
01:26Later, cause of death was changed to hypertension.
01:30James Junior Numbaru, observer, fell or jumped overboard.
01:35Junior Lakepe, engineer, fell overboard.
01:38Turned out that there'd been a big fight and he'd been killed.
01:42He died of manslaughter, heart attack, hypertension.
01:46Hypertension.
01:47I've got about 80 names and I think that's just not even the tip of an iceberg.
01:53The way in how they treat crew on board these fishing vessels are financially motivated.
01:58They reduce their operational costs and increase their profit margin.
02:01It's as simple as that.
02:02They don't care at what cost they achieve their profits, even at the cost of human lives.
02:07All types of dark things happening out there.
02:10Very easy to be making the policies on shore.
02:13Out at sea is a different story altogether.
02:15It's all about the highest bidder.
02:17China is the predator and we are the prey.
02:20China is one of the states that has spearheaded the notion of state protected illegal fishing.
02:26The state uses its own law enforcement infrastructure to protect its illegal fishing interests.
02:32They are visible everywhere in the construction space, in building hospitals.
02:38And people have even concluded that China could take over the entire country.
02:43It's the families that need the answers.
02:46Why are their husbands, their brothers, their sons, their fathers are dying?
02:51It's okay that one or two or three or twenty or thirty or forty die.
02:55To me there's no question Keith was murdered.
02:57It was more important to them to hide whatever activity they were involved in on board that vessel.
03:03Out at sea here on a transshipment vessel.
03:07The last boat that Keith was on, that we know of, was the Victoria 168.
03:12It was part of a tuna fishing fleet operating out of Panama.
03:16God, I hope they killed him before they threw him overboard.
03:19This song is called, uh, Up With The Sun.
03:24That video of Keith is the last known recording of his voice.
03:27I couldn't think of anything worse than being set adrift at sea and watching the vessel pull away, knowing that you're gonna die.
03:35The railing was pretty high, so you're just not gonna lean over and fall.
03:40You had to forcefully push yourself over.
03:42Or be pushed over.
03:43Or be pushed over.
03:44Or be pushed over.
03:46Who killed Keith Davis?
03:48I think there was some foul play.
03:50We're starting to uncover the dark side of this business.
03:53I will get some answers.
03:54Like any murder investigation, you need to look at motive.
03:57The observer is the witness.
03:59The observers are the direct threat to them maintaining the multi-billion dollar nature of the industry and their profit margin.
04:05My role is to have a voice for these observers.
04:09Until we can uncover and expose them, these things will go on.
04:12We can consume these fish out of the ocean more than any other animal on Earth.
