--- title: The Outlaw Ocean Ep.2 | Bondage at Sea description: Our oceans are running out of fish. As a result, captains increasingly turn to trafficked, debt-bonded and forced labor to make ends meet. canonical: https://time.com/6282376/outlaw-ocean-bondage-at-sea/ author: Ian Urbina article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2023-05-24T18:12:57.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-24T15:56:02.533Z article:section: Climate og:title: The Outlaw Ocean Ep.2 | Bondage at Sea og:description: Our oceans are running out of fish. As a result, captains increasingly turn to trafficked, debt-bonded and forced labor to make ends meet. og:url: https://time.com/6282376/outlaw-ocean-bondage-at-sea/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd6a0e8555b5b3e24/698a3d5809208fe9be41a641/Outlaw_Ep2_Landscape_Original-1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Outlaw_Ep2_Landscape_Original og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Outlaw Ocean Ep.2 | Bondage at Sea twitter:description: Our oceans are running out of fish. As a result, captains increasingly turn to trafficked, debt-bonded and forced labor to make ends meet. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd6a0e8555b5b3e24/698a3d5809208fe9be41a641/Outlaw_Ep2_Landscape_Original-1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Outlaw Ocean Ep.2 | Bondage at Sea by [Ian Urbina](https://time.com/author/ian-urbina/) ## Ian Urbina May 24, 2023 6:12 PM UTC  Ian Urbina by [Ian Urbina](https://time.com/author/ian-urbina/) ## Ian Urbina May 24, 2023 6:12 PM UTC ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/6282376/outlaw-ocean-bondage-at-sea/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/6282376/outlaw-ocean-bondage-at-sea/"},"headline":"The Outlaw Ocean Ep.2 | Bondage at Sea","datePublished":"2023-05-24T18:12:57.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-24T15:56:02.533Z","description":"Our oceans are running out of fish. As a result, captains increasingly turn to trafficked, debt-bonded and forced labor to make ends meet.","url":"https://time.com/6282376/outlaw-ocean-bondage-at-sea/","keywords":["Oceans","video","Sustainability"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd6a0e8555b5b3e24/698a3d5809208fe9be41a641/Outlaw_Ep2_Landscape_Original-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ian Urbina","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ian-urbina/"}],"articleSection":"Climate","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd6a0e8555b5b3e24/698a3d5809208fe9be41a641/Outlaw_Ep2_Landscape_Original-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Outlaw_Ep2_Landscape_Original","caption":"","creditText":"Ian Urbina","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/climate/","name":"Climate"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/oceans/","name":"Oceans"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/6282376/outlaw-ocean-bondage-at-sea/","name":"The Outlaw Ocean Ep.2 | Bondage at Sea"}}]}] ```