The Outlaw Ocean

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Perhaps the wildest, and least understood, of the world's remaining frontiers are the oceans. Too big to police, and with no clear international authority, the oceans have become the setting for human trafficking and slavery, environmental crimes and piracy. Urbina gives us a galvanizing account of the high seas, the industries that make use of it, and the people who make their iving on it. The result is both a gripping adventure story and a stunning exposé of some of the most disturbing realities that lie behind fishing, shipping, and, by turn, the entire global economy. -- adapted from jacket