Aquaculture & Fishing

Human rights abuse in the aquaculture and fishing industry is a global issue. Hotspots for labour exploitation in this industry are Thailand and Ghana, although there are reported cases of migrant workers from e.g. Ghana, the Philippines, India and Egypt who are being trafficked to be forced to work on fisher boats in european countries such as Ireland.

World Employment and Social Outlook: Trends 2023
Publications
16 January 2023

This year’s World Employment and Social Outlook: Trends provides a comprehensive assessment of current decent work deficits and how these have been exacerbated by multiple, overlapping crises in recent years. It analyses global patterns, regional differences and outcomes across groups...

Fake my Catch: The Unreliable Untraceability in Our Tuna Cans
News & AnalysisPublications
01 September 2022

US seafood company Bumble Bee, one of the leading companies in the canned tuna market with nearly 90% consumer awareness levels, and its Taiwanese parent company Fong Chun Formosa Fishery Company (hereinafter referred to as FCF), one of the top...

From fish to fishworker traceability in Thai fisheries reform
Publications
01 June 2022

This paper explores the question of what traceability systems mean for the labour situation of fish- workers; for whom and in what respects is traceability effective, and what impact do these systems have? The limited social criteria in fishery governance is a...

DataJam Pasos Libres Online 2021
News & AnalysisGuidancePublicationsEvents
12 August 2021

Pasos Libres, the Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime, the Responsible and Ethical Private Sector Coalition against Trafficking (RESPECT), the International Labour Organization (ILO) and partners invite you to participate in the DataJam Pasos Libres Online 2021, a technological innovation competition that seeks to develop data-based...

The Five Corridors Project: Exploring Regulatory and Enforcement Mechanisms and their relationship with Fair Recruitment
GuidancePublications
02 July 2021

More and more people are migrating for work each year, making a vital contribution to the societies and economies that host them. Yet researchers continue to document an array of abusive practices that occur systematically in the recruitment of migrant...

Sustainable fisheries and human rights: Opportunities to address the true cost of Thailand’s seafood
GuidancePublications
01 March 2021

The fishing industry in Thailand fell under global scrutiny in 2014 for the significant human rights violations at sea. Personal stories of victims who had worked for years at sea with little food and constant physical abuse created enough global...

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