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Not in New Zealand’s waters, surely? Linking labour issues to GPNs

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  • Christina Stringer
  • Glenn Simmons
  • Daren Coulston
  • D. Hugh Whittaker

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In 2010, a New Zealand chartered South Korean fishing vessel capsized in the Southern Ocean. The survivors detailed systematic human rights abuses aboard the vessel. This was not the first allegation of abuse aboard foreign vessels in New Zealand’s waters. Using global value chain (GVC)/global production network (GPN) perspectives, this article responds to the call to bring labour back into GVC/GPN analysis. Semi-structured interviews were undertaken with foreign crew from a range of South Korean fishing vessels as well as other industry individuals. We found that crew members had become invisibilized and consequently abused through a combination of (i) value chain position, company strategies and business models; (ii) ‘cascade’ employment strategies and (iii) institutional gaps and confusion. Despite this combination, workers were ultimately able to make their voices heard, such that invisibilization should be rendered more difficult in future.

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  • Christina Stringer & Glenn Simmons & Daren Coulston & D. Hugh Whittaker, 2014. "Not in New Zealand’s waters, surely? Linking labour issues to GPNs," Journal of Economic Geography, Oxford University Press, vol. 14(4), pages 739-758.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:jecgeo:v:14:y:2014:i:4:p:739-758.
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    1. Elisa GIULIANI, 2020. "Putting human rights into regional growth agendas: Where we stand and where we ought to go," Papers in Evolutionary Economic Geography (PEEG) 2042, Utrecht University, Department of Human Geography and Spatial Planning, Group Economic Geography, revised Sep 2020.
    2. Christina Stringer & Steve Hughes & D Hugh Whittaker & Nigel Haworth & Glenn Simmons, 2016. "Labour standards and regulation in global value chains: The case of the New Zealand Fishing Industry," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 48(10), pages 1910-1927, October.
    3. Pinkerton, Evelyn, 2015. "The role of moral economy in two British Columbia fisheries: Confronting neoliberal policies," Marine Policy, Elsevier, vol. 61(C), pages 410-419.
    4. Konrad, Renata A. & Saeed, Khalid & Kammer-Kerwick, Matt & Busaranuvong, Palawat & Khumwang, Wai, 2023. "“Fish-y” banks: Using system dynamics to evaluate policy interventions for reducing labor exploitation in the seafood industry," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 90(C).
    5. Pinkerton, Evelyn & Davis, Reade, 2015. "Neoliberalism and the politics of enclosure in North American small-scale fisheries," Marine Policy, Elsevier, vol. 61(C), pages 303-312.
    6. Lilac Nachum, 2021. "Value distribution and markets for social justice in global value chains: Interdependence relationships and government policy," Journal of International Business Policy, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 4(4), pages 541-563, December.

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