For generations, the prosperity of Southeast Asia has been closely tied to its deep and productive relationship with the sea. Today, hundreds of millions of people depend on the region’s blue economy for their livelihoods, and the fisheries and seafood processing sectors remain central to economic growth. In recent decades, rapid but uneven socio-economic development has led to a growing reliance on migrant workers to fill labour shortages in these industries, as many nationals in richer economies turn away from…