FISHERS AND PLUNDERERS by Alastair Couper, Hance D. Smith, Bruno Ciceri ( 9780745335926 )

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Title:

FISHERS AND PLUNDERERS
THEFT, SLAVERY AND VIOLENCE AT SEA

By:

Alastair Couper, Hance D. Smith, Bruno Ciceri

Format:

Hardback

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£85.00

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ISBN 10:

0745335926

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9780745335926

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Publisher:

PLUTO PRESS

Pub. date:

9 July, 2015

Pages:

272

Description:

Illuminates fishers' working lives at sea and odious conditions of employment, venturing beyond fishing into criminal activity and piracy.

Synopsis:

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. Conservation 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.Using 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.

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Pluto Press

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