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The Outlaw Ocean

Ian Urbina

Who is watching the open ocean, and what happens to people and wildlife where no government is in charge?

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Author
Ian Urbina

Why read it

  • You will be able to ask better questions about where your seafood comes from and who caught it
  • You will see that piracy, slavery and lawlessness at sea are not only history
  • You will understand why one connected ocean cannot be protected by lines on a map or by single countries

Who it is for

  • A seafood eater who wants to know where dinner came from
  • A reader who likes reporting from dangerous places
  • A shopper or policymaker concerned about forced labor

Contents

  1. INTRODUCTION
  2. STORMING THE THUNDER
  3. THE LONE PATROL
  4. A RUSTY KINGDOM
  5. THE SCOFFLAW FLEET
  6. ADELAIDE’S VOYAGE
  7. JAIL WITHOUT BARS
  8. RAIDERS OF LOST ARKS
  9. THE MIDDLEMEN
  10. THE NEXT FRONTIER
  11. SEA SLAVERY
  12. WASTE AWAY
  13. FLUID BORDERS
  14. ARMED AND DANGEROUS
  15. THE SOMALI 7
  16. HUNTING HUNTERS
  17. Epilogue
  18. A VOID
  19. Appendix
  20. REINING IN THE OUTLAW OCEAN
  21. PROTECTING MARINERS
  22. A MORE TRANSPARENT FOOD SUPPLY
  23. MONITORING AND INVESTIGATING OFFSHORE CRIMES
  24. ADDITIONAL READING

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