My latest novel, The Sushi Warrior, is a collaboration with renowned artist and conservationist Guy Harvey. The plot focuses on illegal fishing and human enslavement in the $20B global tuna industry. The book tells a tragic real-life story using the lure of fiction as well as the amazing illustrations by Guy.
I've been using a Powerpoint to educate students and adult about the fact that illegally caught seafood ends up on our dinner plates and in our restaurants, some of it harvested by enslaved workers.
My presentation also touches on our high-tech ability to track fishing fleets (legal and illegal) all over the planet yet, sadly, there is little or no enforcement when fishing laws are broken. The result is a billion dollar illegal, unregulated and unreported seafood black market.
My goal is to educate, entertain and hopefully, garner support for greater open-ocean enforcement of criminal activiy.