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96th Session of the International Labour Conference (Geneva, 30 May-15 June 2007) adopts
Work in Fishing Convention, 2007 (No. 188) and
Work in Fishing Recommendation, 2007 (No. 199)

At its 96th session (Geneva, 30 May-15 June 2007) the International Labour Conference adopted the Work in Fishing Convention, 2007 (No. 188) and the Work in Fishing Recommendation, 2007 (No. 199).

The Convention was adopted by a vote of 437 for, 2 against and 22 abstentions. The Recommendation was adopted by a vote of 443 votes for, 0 against and 19 abstentions.

Interviews with Government, Employer and Worker delegates at the Conference: click on the photos to see the videos.

	Sr. Eduardo Bonomi Ministro de Trabajo y Seguridad Social Uruguay		Capt. Nigel Campbell Government Adviser South Africa
	Mr. Bruce Chapman Employers' Adviser Canada		Mr. David Cockroft General Secretary ITF
	Mr. Paul Mackay Employers' Adviser New Zealand		Mr. Peter Sand Mortensen Workers' Adviser Denmark
	Sr. Mariano Mena Quintana Consejero técnico Panama		Mr. Masaki Sakai Government Adviser Japan
	Mr. Haakon Storhaug Government Adviser Norway		Mr. Ment van der Zwan Employers' Adviser Netherlands

Feature stories

• For fishers their ship is their home, and for many the crew is their only family
  
• Improving living and working conditions in the fishing sector

Click here for an Overview of the contents of the Convention and Recommendation

Click here for the Report of the Committee on the Fishing Sector. Please note that at the end of this report are the texts of the following four resolutions adopted by the Committee:

• Resolution concerning promotion of the ratification of the Work in Fishing Convention, 2007
  
• Resolution concerning port State control
  
• Resolution concerning tonnage measurement and accommodation
  
• Resolution concerning promotion of welfare for the fishers
  

The resolutions will be considered by the Governing Body at its 300th Session in November 2007.

Click here for the Discussion by the plenary of the Conference of the Report of the Committee on the Fishing Sector (Provisional Record 16, pages 47-53)

Click here for the vote by the Conference on the Convention and Recommendation (Provisional Record 25, pages 3-5, 11-20)

Reports for the 96th Session of the International Labour Conference (Geneva, 30 May-15 June 2007)

The Office prepared three documents as a basis for the discussion of the item on Work in the Fishing Sector at the Conference in 2007.

• Report IV(1) contains a short questionnaire that focuses on those provisions of the proposed Convention that seemed to pose particularly difficult problems during the discussions in the Committee on the Fishing at the 93rd Session of the Conference in 2005.
• Report IV(2A) includes the summaries of replies received to the questionnaire; Office commentary; and the Report of the Interregional Tripartite Round Table on Labour Standards for the Fishing Sector (Geneva, 11-13 December 2006).
• Report IV(2B) contains the proposed Convention and Recommendation.

Preparation of safety recommendations for decked fishing vessels of less than 12 metres in length and undecked fishing vessels

The ILO is working with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the International Maritime Organization (IMO) on the development of safety recommendations for decked fishing vessels of less than 12 metres in length and undecked fishing vessels. An ILO delegation participated in the 50th Session of the IMO Subcommittee on Stability and Load Lines and on Fishing Vessels' Safety (SLF 50), which, inter alia, considered draft safety recommendations. Further information on this work will be provided to the Committee on Sectoral and Technical Meetings and Related Issues at the upcoming 300th Session of the Governing Body in November 2007. Click here for the website for the Intersessional Correspondence Group on the Safety of Small Fishing Vessels (FVS ISCG - www.sigling.is/pages/791).