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Author Couper, A. D., author.

Title Fishers and plunderers : theft, slavery and violence at sea / Alastair Couper, Hance D. Smith and Bruno Ciceri
Published London : Pluto Press, 2015
©2015

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 256 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents 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 -- 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
Summary Illuminates fishers' working lives at sea and odious conditions of employment, venturing beyond fishing into criminal activity and piracy
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 234-250) and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (Ebrary, viewed August 21, 2015)
Subject Fisheries -- Corrupt practices
Fishers -- Crimes against
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- General.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Fisheries & Aquaculture.
Fishers -- Crimes against
Fischereibetrieb
Fischer
Fischindustrie
Korruption
Arbeitsbedingungen
Form Electronic book
Author Smith, Hance D., author.
Ciceri, Bruno, author
LC no. 2016498264
ISBN 9781783713356
1783713356
9780745335926
0745335926
9781783713370
1783713372
9781783713363
1783713364