25 April 2024

Address to the Royal Thai Government

Signed by over 30 international researchers who are experts in fisheries sustainability and fisheries labour from universities and policy institutes globally.

(English)

Joint interview with Peter Vandergeest focusing on unacceptable working conditions in distant water fisheries.

Moore, J.  Exploitation in the seafood industry.  Labour Research, Vol. 112 No. 6., page 16.

Joint interview with Peter Vandergeest focusing on how the pandemic has impacted migrant fish workers in industrial fisheries.

O’Donnell, J. 2021. Facing Lockdown at Sea. Hakai Magazine - Coastal Science and Societies, May 7.

Joint interview with Peter Vandergeest on the COVID-19 outbreak among migrant workers at a seafood market in southwestern Thailand.

Handley, E. 2021. Thailand’s coronavirus response was hailed as an early success story, but cases are now surging. ABC News, Australia, Jan 6.

Interview on sand mining in Asia.

Wilson, I. 2020. Mafias, Vanishing Beaches, Bollywood Chases. A Sand Story: BNEF, September 22, pp. 1-5.

Podcast interview with Vanessa Lamb on the demand for sand and its’ impact on Asia.

Interview given to The Guardian with Laura Schoenberger on how sand mining impacts fisher livelihoods in Cambodia.

Barkham, P. 2018. Trade of coastal sand is damaging wildlife of poorer nations, study finds. The Guardian, Aug 31.

Interview on CBC Radio International related to forced labour. Forced labour, trafficking persist in Thai fishing fleets: report. CBC Radio International

Newspaper article with journalist Don Pinnock, focusing on the experiences of foreign crew docking at Cape Town port, working on mainly Asian distant water fleets.

Killing Fishing (Part One)

Written commentary on how COVID-19 restrictions impact migrant seafood workers in Thailand, with Peter Vandergeest and Peter Duker.

Migrant worker segregation doesn’t work: COVID-19 lessons from Southeast Asia.

Written commentary about labour and environmental issues related to sand mining, with Jean-François Rousseau, Laura Schoenberger and Michael Hoffmann [in French].

Banditisme et économie au noir : notre consommation de sable alimente une crise mondiale

Written commentary about labour and environmental issues related to sand mining, with Jean-François Rousseau, Laura Schoenberger and Michael Hoffmann.

Roving bandits and looted coastlines: How the global appetite for sand is fuelling a crisis

Written commentary with Peter Vandergeest on labour abuse at sea.

Ending labour abuse at sea. Reform leads to dramatic changes in Thailand’s fisheries, but will it last?

2022-02-18

COVID-19 has intensified working conditions on industrial fishing boats, with migrant workers being particularly impacted. Crew changes, repatriation, shore access and health care have emerged as major issues.

Image credit: Mallory MacDonnell

2019-10-01

Destruction of critical urban wetland risks the end of urban farming and wastewater treatment.

Laura Beckwith, PhD Candidate University of Ottawa

Image credit: Laura Beckwith

2014-06-12

Last month (May 2014), villagers living in one of Cambodia’s coastal protected areas (Peam Krasaop Wildlife Sanctuary), were shocked to realize that sand mining was taking place within a kilometer of their fishing village, in the zone designated specifically for villagers to protect their environment.

2012-03-02

Hun Sen bans industry fishing at Tonle Sap lake permanently, Phnom Penh Post, Feb 29, 2012

Image credit: Wikipedia