Public Commentary
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Open Letter to Royal Thai Government (Eng)
25 April 2024
(Interview)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.
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Canada lags behind on efforts to address human rights abuses in seafood supply chains
24 January 2024
(Written Commentary)The Conversation, Canada
Written commentary on how Canada is not addressing forced labour in seafood supply chains.
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Killing Fishing (Part One)
1 November 2023
(Written Commentary)The Daily Maverick, South Africa
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.
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‘The most dangerous industry’
June 2023
(Interview)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. -
Seafarers in fishing: Facing persistent challenges throughout the pandemic
18 February 2022
(Blog Post)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
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Facing Lockdown at Sea
7 May 2021
(Interview)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. -
Migrant worker segregation doesn’t work: COVID-19 lessons from Southeast Asia
24 February 2021
(Written Commentary)The Conversation, Canada
Written commentary on how COVID-19 restrictions impact migrant seafood workers in Thailand, with Peter Vandergeest and Peter Duker.
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Thailand’s coronavirus response was hailed as an early success story, but cases are now surging
6 January 2021
(Interview)ABC News, Australia
Joint interview with Peter Vandergeest on the COVID-19 outbreak among migrant workers at a seafood market in southwestern Thailand.
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Mafias, Vanishing Beaches, Bollywood Chases. A Sand Story
22 September 2020
(Interview)BloombergNEF
Interview on sand mining in Asia.
Wilson, I. 2020. Mafias, Vanishing Beaches, Bollywood Chases. A Sand Story: BNEF, September 22, pp. 1-5. -
Banditisme et économie au noir : notre consommation de sable alimente une crise mondiale
4 June 2020
(Written Commentary)The Conversation, Canada
Written commentary about labour and environmental issues related to sand mining, with Jean-François Rousseau, Laura Schoenberger and Michael Hoffmann [in French].
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Roving bandits and looted coastlines: How the global appetite for sand is fuelling a crisis
3 May 2020
(Written Commentary)The Conversation, Canada
Written commentary about labour and environmental issues related to sand mining, with Jean-François Rousseau, Laura Schoenberger and Michael Hoffmann.
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The demand for sand, and its impact in Asia
2 April 2020
(Interview)Ear to Asia Podcast, Australia
Podcast interview with Vanessa Lamb on the demand for sand and its’ impact on Asia.
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Destruction of critical urban wetland risks the end of urban farming and wastewater treatment
1 November 2019
(Blog Post)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
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Trade of coastal sand is damaging wildlife of poorer nations, study finds
31 August 2018
(Interview)Guardian Interview, U.K.
Interview given to The Guardian with Laura Schoenberger on how sand mining impacts fisher livelihoods in Cambodia.
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Forced labour, trafficking persist in Thai fishing fleets: report
24 January 2018
(Interview)CBC Radio International, Canada
Interview on CBC Radio International related to forced labour. Forced labour, trafficking persist in Thai fishing fleets: report. CBC Radio International
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Ending labour abuse at sea. Reform leads to dramatic changes in Thailand’s fisheries, but will it last?
June 7, 2016
(Written Commentary)Policy Forum
Written commentary with Peter Vandergeest on labour abuse at sea.
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Sand mining returns - Dredging for every last grain within Cambodia's coastal protected area
12 June 2014
(Blog Post)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.
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Fisheries (mis)management and the closure of Tonle Sap fishing lots
2 March 2012
(Blog Post)Hun Sen bans industry fishing at Tonle Sap lake permanently, Phnom Penh Post, Feb 29, 2012
Image credit: Wikipedia