Labour regimes in industrial tuna fisheries: exploitation, ecology and global production networks
比较围网和延绳钓两种金枪鱼捕捞方式的劳动剥削差异,从种群动态、产业组织和船上劳动体制三个维度分析生态因素对劳动体制的影响。
Abstract Labour exploitation in marine fishing industries has received considerable negative publicity. Yet, is there something specific about marine fishing that makes it highly exploitative? We compare work on purse-seiners catching tuna for canning with work on longliners catching tuna for sashimi. We explain difference through a comparative analysis along three axes: (1) tuna population dynamics, fishing technologies and resource access; (2) industrial organization and governance of global production networks; and their relationships with (3) workplace labour regimes on vessels. The article contributes to labour regime analysis by demonstrating the relative material significance of ecology in shaping labour regimes.