Fishers and Plunderers

Theft, Slavery and Violence at Sea

Dados Bibliográficos

ID19939477
AutoresAlastair Couper, Hance D Smith (0000-0001-5520-0788), Bruno Ciceri
Ano2015
Data de publicação2015-07-20
Open AccessNão
TipoBOOK
PeriódicoFishers and Plunderers (SOURCE_BOOK)
EditoraPluto Press (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/j.ctt183p451
OpenAlexW2801470378
ISBN9781783713356
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas19

Abuses and slavery at sea are largely missing from narratives of work and environmental exploitation in the mainstream. This book shines a light on the exploitation of fish and fishers alike in a global industry driven by profits. \n \nConservation and human rights in this industry are huge problems: with vast overprovision of vessels and shortages of fish, labour costs are targeted and young men are trafficked from poor areas onto vessels in virtual slavery. The resultant poverty and debt bonding pushes many towards trafficking drugs and piracy - although the criminality linked to the industry extends far beyond the level of the individual, vessel or fleet. \n \nUsing first hand testimony and shocking examples of these abuses, the book uncovers these crimes and injustices, with the authors arguing for regulations which if implemented could protect the rights of fishers across the board

Biology · Computer security · Criminology · Fishery · Geography · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · Computer Science · Psychology