Modern day slavery in Thai fisheries: academic critique, practical action.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Vandergeest, Peter; Tran, Olivia; Marschke, Melissa
- Source
- Critical Asian Studies. Sep2017, Vol. 49 Issue 3, p461-464. 4p.
- Subject
- *SLAVE labor
*SEAFOOD industry
*SEAFOOD
*CORRUPTION
*INTERNATIONAL trade
*LAW
*COMMERCE
- Language
- ISSN
- 1467-2715
The article talks about claims of slave labor associated with Thai fisheries that arose in the summer of 2014, resulting in the European Union giving them a probationary yellow card under its program to block seafood imports from their fisheries. Topics discussed include the slavery scandal becoming an important test for the military government of Thailand, and measures implemented by the government to regulate labor conditions in the seafood industry.