fisheries

  • Study Examines Forced Labor Abuses in Fishing Fleets

    As many as 128,000 forced laborers on commercial fishing vessels are victims of physical violence, debt bondage, wage withholding and, in some cases, are kept on board for years without setting foot on land, a group of non-governmental organizationsrevealed Wednesday in the most comprehensive analysis to date of the major companies responsible for abuses in the fishing world.

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