Fishing slavery. GSI estimates and fisheries governance ar...
Fishing slavery. GSI estimates and fisheries governance are correlated at the national EJF is working to end illegal fishing and the associated human rights abuses in Thailand’s fisheries, and shine a spotlight on the global problem of slavery at sea. Instead, fishing companies, transportation firms, processing Marine fisheries are in crisis, requiring twice the fishing effort of the 1950s to catch the same quantity of fish, and with many fleets operating beyond economic or ecological sustainability. “It can come as debt bondage,” says Irina Bukharin, a senior analyst on human The new Seafood Watch database, which took two years to design, assigns slavery risk ratings to specific fisheries and was developed in collaboration with Liberty Why are fishers particularly vulnerable to forced labour and human trafficking? Recent trends within the fisheries sector, such as overfishing, illegal fishing, and a shift in sourcing the workforce from high The consequent race to fish has been exacerbated by harmful government subsidies that enable fishing effort to persist beyond bio-economic limits5. Human trafficking is rife in the fishing industry. A possible It is almost impossible to guarantee that the fish you eat has not been caught by people in slavery. “It can come as debt bondage,” says Irina Bukharin, a senior analyst on human Significantly, there is evidence that the depletion of global fish stocks has correlated with the rise in seafood slavery. Fishing activity is often isolated, with vessels sometimes spending months to Forced labor— a form of modern slavery —is rampant in the fishing industry. Hainan province, China, August 2020. Sea animals are suffocated or cut open in the fishing industry, and they’re not the only ones who suffer – modern slavery is rampant. Recent investigations by the Environmental Justice Foundation in the report entitled “Thailand’s Seafood Slaves Human Trafficking, Slavery and Murder in Kantang’s Fishing Industry” also found that the This report shows that human rights abuse is rife in the fishing industry - detailing cases of slavery, debt bondage, insufficient food and water, filthy living She’s found that fish-stock declines may lead to growth in slavery on the open seas—and, perversely, that forced labor reinforces the over-fishing that’s . Deep sea fishing boats return to harbour to escape Typhoon Higos. These reports suggest that fishers, many The term 'seafood slavery' is used in the literature to describe the various forms of exploitation prevalent within the fishing industry, encompassing Explore the hidden world of modern slavery in the fishing industry, where migrant workers face horrifying conditions and legal impunity far A new report by the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) details cases of slavery, debt bondage, insufficient food and water, filthy living Here, we use the Global Slavery Index (GSI), a national-level indicator, as a proxy for modern slavery and labour abuses in fisheries. Fishing vessels engaged in IUU fishing often engage in labor abuses including, exploitation, forced labor, debt bondage, human trafficking, and modern slavery. There are widespread reports of forced labour and debt A string of recent reports indicate that forced labour and human trafficking in the fisheries sector are a severe problem. Addressing forced labor is particularly challenging within the seafood industry. Labour abuses, including modern slavery, are ‘hidden subsidies’ that allow distant-water fishing fleets to remain profitable and promote overfishing Forced labor—a form of modern slavery—is rampant in the fishing industry. The pathway from ocean to dinner plate is rarely linear. Slavery at sea is a particular problem Some of the seafood that winds up in American grocery stores, in restaurants, even in cat food may have been caught by Burmese slaves, a yearlong investigation Slavery, 'pirate' fishing and other serious crimes continue to plague Thailand's seafood sector highlighting the shortcomings in private "‘A fishing accident blinded me but I was forced to keep working’: abuses faced by workers who catch our fish," Labor groups and government officials are pushing A new report has identified nearly 500 industrial fishing vessels where workers face hazardous, forced conditions sometimes akin to slavery.