Fisheries and Human Rights

Provided by: EarthEcho International |Published on: January 9, 2025

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Synopsis

In this lesson, students will learn about human trafficking, the unfair working conditions in Thailand's fishing industry, and how to use this information to practice responsible consumption when buying seafood.
Students will watch several videos detailing stories of injustice in the industry, despite regulations attempting to solve the problem. They will then create a mind map to understand fisheries as a system.

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Subjects: Economics, Civics

Authors: EarthEcho International, López-Wagner Strategies

Region: Asia, United States

Languages: English

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Positives

This resource drives home the importance of seeing the injustice in the fishing industry as part of a system that supplies our seafood, rather than seeing it as a separate, far-away issue.
Students will get to hear the voices of the fishermen who were victims of human trafficking in Thailand's fishing industry.

Prerequisites

Teachers may need to introduce students to the key vocabulary terms before starting the lesson.

Differentiation & Implementation

After learning about the human rights violations in seafood production, students can also research how overfishing and other problems can impact the climate and ecosystems.
While watching the video, Thailand: Forced Labor, Trafficking Persist in Fishing Fleets, some students may benefit from slowing the video to read the subtitles.
After this lesson, students may benefit from this Reading Lesson: Sustainable Seafood, to see examples of how sustainable aquaculture can benefit people and the planet.

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EarthEcho International

EarthEcho International envisions a world where every individual has the opportunity and tools to create a healthy and thriving environment. To that end, their mission is to build a global youth movement to protect and restore our ocean planet. Their Academy is a new virtual learning space developed to provide online courses for teacher professional learning with access to fully remote, asynchronous environmental education modules for students.

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