Covering two-thirds of the planet, the sea is a workplace for more than 50 million people. Aside from being vital, the oceans are also distinctly fascinating for the universality and peculiarity of mariner culture. Home to a place of slavery, host to the most dangerous profession in the world (fishing), the sea is also a mesmerizing realm of unmatched beauty.
The oceans are running out of fish. To slow down that problem, environmentalists pushed for fish farming, or aquaculture. This was supposed to be the solution, but it ended up being a problem on its own.
The lawlessness of the oceans has given rise to countless absurd and remarkable stories of renegades and mavericks seeking to escape national sovereignty.
While forced labor still exists throughout the world, one place where it’s especially pervasive is the South China Sea especially in the Thai fishing fleet, according to a 2016 investigation by the New York Times.