Can the high seas escape the law of might? Whether it is the food that we eat, the everyday items we use or the energy we consume, goods from the sea are everywhere in our lives. As a result, the oceans are a strategic battleground where the law of the strongest reigns with disconcerting impunity.
The seas, far from being a wilderness, provide a workplace for 50 million people around the world. And all too often, the unregulated activities of industrial fishing, which threaten ecological balance, and conceal widespread human rights violations.