The Dead Eye and the Deep Blue Sea: An Illustration of the Illegal Fishing Economy

Abstract

The blue economy needs to address labour abuse at sea. In this short article I will provide a few insights into sea narratives about labour abuse from a global perspective. First, I will set out a few points on the global fishing economy and ocean management. I will then discuss the experience of labour abuse by using the graphic memoir of modern slavery The Dead Eye and the Deep Blue Sea by Cambodian author Vannak Anan Prum.The memoir is an example of how narratives can recount the problems in the global fishing economy and its links to individual experiences of abuse at sea.