In the sun-drenched south of Taiwan, Qianzhen District is home to the island’s largest deep-sea fishing port. Taiwan boasts the largest ocean-faring fishing fleet in the world, with nearly 3,000 ships, most of which set out from Qianzhen, and voyages last six months, a year, even two.
On the lowest rung of this high-output, profit-driven industry is a group of workers who live off the seas.
