TY - JOUR
T1 - The Number of Small Fishing Vessels Smuggling Illegal Drugs Has Tripled
AU - Chircop, Aldo
AU - Learn, Joshua Rapp
N1 - Joshua Rapp Learn, "The Number of Small Fishing Vessels Smuggling Illegal Drugs Has Tripled", Smithsonian Magazine (12 November 2020), online: < www.smithsonianmag.com > [perma.cc/Q8AJ-AX5L].
PY - 2020/1/1
Y1 - 2020/1/1
N2 - The story of how illegal drugs make their way across the ocean often starts with a failing or banned fishing fleet in a marginalized coastal community. The reasons vary, but depleted seafood stocks from overfishing in areas of Asia, polluted waters in the Gulf of Guinea in West Africa, and the declaration of a new marine protected area in the Caribbean have all stopped fishers from earning their livelihood and sparked some vessels to turn to shipping illicit substances, according to an international team of researchers who recently analyzed drug busts.
AB - The story of how illegal drugs make their way across the ocean often starts with a failing or banned fishing fleet in a marginalized coastal community. The reasons vary, but depleted seafood stocks from overfishing in areas of Asia, polluted waters in the Gulf of Guinea in West Africa, and the declaration of a new marine protected area in the Caribbean have all stopped fishers from earning their livelihood and sparked some vessels to turn to shipping illicit substances, according to an international team of researchers who recently analyzed drug busts.
KW - Smuggling
KW - Illegal Drugs
KW - International Drug Trade
KW - Small Vessels
UR - https://digitalcommons.schulichlaw.dal.ca/scholarly_works/1256
UR - https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/number-small-fishing-vessels-smuggling-illegal-drugs-has-tripled-180976157/
M3 - Article
JO - Articles, Book Chapters, & Popular Press
JF - Articles, Book Chapters, & Popular Press
ER -