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I'm pretty sure this is essentially farming 101.
there was an article not that long ago about VR headsets for cattle.
That may be debatable but the shrimp industry has a problem that is beyond almost all other examples. People still do get shanghaied and forced to labor.
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=shrimp+industry+slavery+&t=fpas&ia=web