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Juvenile tilapia swim in the murky water of crowded cement ponds at a fish warehouse in Indonesia. Workers at the facility told investigators that the murkiness is due to anti-bacterial and anti-fungal drugs being added to the water.

A fishmonger picks up a live red hybrid tilapia while talking to customers at a fish stall in a wet market in Thailand. Tilapia are widely consumed fish, and they are among the most popular species for aquaculture in Thailand.

A fishmonger scales a Nile tilapia after slaughtering the fish at wet market in Thailand. Tilapia are widely consumed fish, and they are among the most popular species for aquaculture in Thailand.

A worker pours clove oil onto a large number of red hybrid tilapia inside a floating pen during the harvest at a fish farm in Thailand. Clove oil is a fast acting sedative that is used to calm fish prior to the harvest, making it easier for workers to handle the fish and minimize damage to them from too much struggling.

A worker scoops live Nile tilapia into a plastic basket for transport to the sorting area during the harvest at an industrial fish farm in Thailand.

A worker tosses a large scoop of food pellets into the floating pen at a red hybrid tilapia farm in Thailand.

Live Nile tilapia struggle to breathe in a plastic basket with no water while being weighed at a wet market in Thailand. Tilapia are widely consumed fish, and they are among the most popular species for aquaculture in Thailand.

Live tilapia in a tank at a supermarket in Indonesia.

Rows of fiberglass tanks and cement ponds house thousands of live tilapia at a warehouse in Indonesia. The fish will remain here until transported to supermarkets.

Several live Nile tilapia swim in the murky water of a densely crowded tank at a supermarket in Thailand.

A worker uses a dip net to scoop up a group of juvenile tilapia which become piled within the net as they are lifted out of a transportation tank. The fish will be transferred to a mobile floating cage which will be used to relocate the animals to an Indonesian fish farm in the area, where they will raised until they reach market-size.

An overhead view of thousands of juvenile tilapia inside a mobile floating cage, waiting to be transferred to an Indonesian fish farm nearby.

Live tilapia slowly suffocate in a basket at an Indonesian fish slaughterhouse. A worker uses a wooden stick to strike and kill the fish as part of the slaughtering process.

A close-up underwater view of a tilapia opening their mouth to grab a fish food pellet floating near the surface inside the murky water of a floating cage on an Indonesian fish farm.

A close-up view at surface level of the white and decaying bodies of several dead tilapia float on the surface water of a floating cage at an Indonesian fish farm. The dead tilapia are fed as food to the catfish being raised on the same farm.

A close-up underwater view of a crowded group of tilapia on an Indonesian fish farm, about to be harvested from the floating cage they live in. Surrounding the fish is a net used to confine the fish in a small area so that they can be transferred to another enclosure.

A view from above as a worker uses a dip net to deposit juvenile tilapia into a mobile floating cage. The fish have been removed from a transportation tank and are being transferred to a nearby Indonesian fish farm.

Red hybrid tilapia gorge on homemade formulated food pellets on the surface of the murky water of a floating pen at a fish farm in Thailand.

A dead red hybrid tilapia floats at the surface of a floating pen at a fish farm in Thailand.

Red hybrid tilapia converge at the surface of a floating pen, waiting to be fed at a fish farm in Thailand.

A large number of red hybrid tilapia feed on food pellets, in a crowded floating pen at a fish farm in Thailand. A worker in the background tosses a handful of pellets into the water.

A large group of red hybrid tilapia wait to be fed in a densely crowded floating pen at a fish farm in Thailand. Overcrowding is common problem in aquaculture, which can affect the health of the fish being raised.

Workers pick up sedated red hybrid tilapia from a floating pen to be weighed and sorted during the harvest at a fish farm in Thailand. Clove oil is a fast acting sedative that is used to calm fish prior to the harvest, making it easier for workers to handle the fish and minimize damage to them from too much struggling.

A dead red hybrid tilapia floats on the surface of a floating pen among food pellets at a fish farm by a river in Thailand.

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