The 96th Session of the International Labour Conference (ILC) of the International Labour Organization (ILO) will be held at the Palais des Nations, Geneva, from 30 May to 15 June 2007. The agenda includes an item concerning work in the fishing sector, with a view to the adoption of a Convention supplemented by a Recommendation.

This item was included on the agenda of the 92nd and 93rd Sessions of the Conference, in 2004 and 2005. The basis for discussion at the forthcoming Conference will be the report of the Committee on the Fishing Sector of the 93rd Session of the ILC, as well as the outcome of further tripartite consultations.

The Office has prepared two reports for the discussion of this item. The first report (Work in the fishing sector, Report IV(1), International Labour Conference, 96th Session, 2007), contains a short questionnaire. The second report consists of two volumes: Report IV(2A), which includes the summaries of replies received and the summary of an Interregional Tripartite Round Table on Labour Standards for the Fishing Sector, held in December 2006; and Report IV(2B), which contains the proposed Convention and Recommendation to be submitted for discussion.

More information about this Conference and reports from previous ILCs are available here.