Source & Author: Sea Shepherd Global Sea Shepherd Launches Operation Sola Stella with the Liberian Ministry of National Defense: New campaign to eradicate illegal fishing kicks off with the arrest of three poaching vessels.
Read MoreSource & Author: FIS.com Thailand hopes its status will be upgraded in the annual United States Trafficking in Persons report (TIP), as it has intensified prosecutions for human trafficking.
Read MoreSource & Author: International Organisation for Migration A new government decree based in part on IOM’s ground-breaking research into human trafficking in the Indonesian fisheries will address chronic human rights abuses in the industry, the country’s Minister of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (KKP) says.
Read MoreSource: Center for American Progress Authors: Trevor Sutton and Avery Siciliano Recent media investigations have revealed regular use of forced labor in the international seafood supply chain. Here’s how the U.S. government and the private sector should respond to curtail these abuses.
Read MoreSource: The Guardian Author: Kate Hodal Report alleges exposure of human rights abuses including trafficking and labour exploitation has simply prompted move to more remote waters.
Read MoreSource and Author: Environmental Justice Foundation “The captain shouted at me; saying that he could kill me, that he doesn’t care and that I am only Burmese.” Tun Thet Soe – escaped victim of trafficking.
Read MoreSource & Author: EFJ The Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) welcomes the news that the International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention 188 will come into force next year, providing a major boost to the fight against forced labour on fishing vessels across the world.
Read MoreSource and Author: UN News Centre Condemning illegal fishing and labour exploitation in the world’s oceans, the United Nations agriculture and labour agencies, joining forces with the Vatican, underlined today the need for collective, global action to end labour and human rights abuse along the entire fisheries value chain.
Read MoreSource & Author: European Parliament News A delegation of the Committee on Fisheries of the European Parliament visited Bangkok over the past week in order to obtain a first-hand experience of Thailand’s achievements in fighting against Illegal, Unregulated and Unreported (IUU) fishing and in protecting migrant workers employed by the fishing fleet.
Read MoreSource & Author: EJF EJF’s Executive Director Steve Trent met with Thailand’s Deputy Prime Minister General Prawit Wongsuwan to discuss the reforms by the Royal Thai Government (RTG) to address IUU fishing and associated human trafficking and labour abuse.
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