Fishers and plunderers : theft, slavery and violence at sea / Alastair Couper, Hance D. Smith, and Bruno Ciceri.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Couper, A. D., author.

Smith, Hance D., author.

Ciceri, Bruno., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fisheries--Corrupt practices.

Fisheries.

Fishers--Crimes against.

Fishers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Pluto Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

Part I. Fishing industry and the race to fish. Fish, gear and boats

The risks of working at sea

Nation states' rights to fish

Employment and poverty in fishing communities

Destruction and theft of fish stocks

Laundering and marketing stolen fish

Part II. Plight of the fishers. Arrests of fishers

Getting a crew by dubious contracting and slave trafficking

Abuses and slavery at sea

Escape from hell

Fishing vessels and the drugs trade

Piracy and armed robbery.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 30, 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (pages 234-250) and index.

ISBN:

1-78371-335-6