ABSTRACT
This chapter takes up the idea of harvest in relation to human–ocean interactions and the interplay between the representations of ocean animals and the positioning of ocean organisms in cultural imaginaries. This chapter is a beginning point for the intersections between blue ecocriticism, animal studies, and energy humanities. Turning to shrimp as an exemplary site of inquiry, this chapter considers the larger role of representation that provides access to understanding the interactions between the placement of industrial harvest in cultural imaginaries and the effect such representations might have, then, on the human–ocean interaction.
