Fishers and Plunderers

Theft, Slavery and Violence at Sea

Alastair Couper, Hance D. Smith, Bruno Ciceri (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

272 Seiten

2015
Pluto Press (Verlag)
978-0-7453-3591-9 (ISBN)

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

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.

Professor Alastair Couper is former Head of the Department of Maritime Studies and International Transport at the University of Cardiff, Wales, UK, and former Director of the Seafarers International Research Centre in that Department, a world-leading maritime studies centre. His books include Voyages of Abuse (Pluto, 1999) and Fishers and Plunderers (Pluto, 2015). He is on the Board of Seafarers' Rights International. Hance D. Smith specialises in Marine Geography and Marine Policy including the development and management of marine fisheries. He is the co-author of Fishers and Plunderers (Pluto, 2015). Father Bruno Ciceri is representative of the Apostleship of the Sea International (Vatican City), Chairman of the International Christian Maritime Association, and is a member of the Board of Seafarers' Rights International. He has worked for many years caring for seafarers and fishers in several countries of Asia. He has published on sea fishers' conditions and human rights. He is the co-author of Fishers and Plunderers (Pluto, 2015).

List of Figures, Tables and Plates

List of Acronyms and Abbreviations

Acknowledgements

Foreword by Deirdre Fitzpatrick

1. Introduction

Part I: The Fishing Industry and the Race to Fish

2. Fish, Gear and Boats

3. The Risks of Working at Sea

4. Nation States’ Rights to Fish

5. Employment and Poverty in Fishing Communities

6. Destruction and Theft of Fish Stocks

7. Laundering and Marketing Stolen Fish

Part II: The Plight of the Fishers

8. Arrests of Fishers

9. Getting a Crew by Dubious Contracting and Slave Trafficking

10. Abuses and Slavery at Sea

11. Escape from Hell

12. Fishing Vessels and the Drugs Trade

13. Piracy and Armed Robbery

14. Conclusion: Problems and Prospects

Notes

Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	20.7.2015
Zusatzinfo	6 b&w maps, 8 colour plates
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	150 x 230 mm
Gewicht	409 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
	Technik
	Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei
ISBN-10	0-7453-3591-8 / 0745335918
ISBN-13	978-0-7453-3591-9 / 9780745335919
Zustand	Neuware