All news: fishing

New report

ILO study examines working conditions in Thai fishing industry

A new report has found shortfalls in Thailand’s fishing industry in relation to national and international labour standards.

FAO and ILO urge countries to better protect children working in fisheries and aquaculture

Governments need to take measures to protect children from harmful work in small-scale fisheries and aquaculture, say the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the International Labour Organization (ILO).

Child Labour

FAO and ILO urge countries to better protect children working in fisheries and aquaculture

Many children are exposed to harsh and hazardous working conditions that harm their health and learning abilities.

Labour standards

South Africa ratifies four international labour Conventions

The Government of the Republic of South Africa deposited with the International Labour Office the instrument of ratification of four international labour Conventions, the Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No.81), the Maritime Labour Convention,...

Report on the Fishing industry

Caught at sea: fighting forced labour in the fishing industry

The fishing sector is an important source of employment, income and food production for many countries. But there are serious incidents of abuse in some fisheries and fishing vessels. By Beate Andrees, head of the ILO’s Special Action Programme to...

International labour standards

ILO global forum to discuss decent work in the fishing industry

Government, employer and worker delegates will share ideas on how the Work in fishing convention (n°188) can address major challenges in the industry, including safety and health and forced labour.

Post-conflict recovery

ILO helps Sri Lanka war victims pick up the pieces

Fishermen who lost their boats during Sri Lanka’s 26-year civil war are back at sea. Farmers are learning to get better yields and war widows are running businesses. A look at how an ILO project is helping victims of the bitter conflict.

FAO and ILO publish a good practice guide on child labour in fisheries and aquaculture

To increase the knowledge base on child labour in fisheries and aquaculture and to provide assistance for policy makers and government authorities to combat this difficult issue, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and ILO have developed a...

Keynote address on Overview of the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, status on implementation and emerging Issues

By Dr Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry, Director, International Labour Standards Department, ILO, Geneva at the Asia-Pacific Regional Dialogue on the Maritime Labour Convention, 3-6 May 2011, Cairns, Australia

Speech at Asian Regional Seminar on the ILO Work in Fishing Convention

By Mr Guy Thijs, Deputy Regional Director, ILO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific

“For fishers their ship is their home, and for many the crew is their only family”

On the 14th of June, the ILO’s 96th International Labour Conference adopted a new Convention and Recommendation on work in the fishing sector. The new instruments are aimed to ensure decent living and working conditions for some 30 million workers...

Conference concludes with adoption of new standards on fishing sector, approaches to sustainable development and measures to promote decent...

The 96th annual conference of the International Labour Organization (ILO) concluded its 15-day run here today after adopting a comprehensive new set of labour standards for the fishing industry and holding extensive discussions on new approaches to...

ILO adopts comprehensive new labour standards for millions in the world's fishing sector

New labour standards designed to improve the conditions for roughly 30 million men and women (83 per cent of them in Asia) working in the fishing sector worldwide, were adopted at the 96th annual conference of the International Labour Organization...

ILO adopts comprehensive new labour standards for millions in the world’s fishing sector

Innovative new labour standards designed to improve the conditions for roughly 30 million men and women working in the fishing sector worldwide were adopted today at the 96th annual conference of the International Labour Organization (ILO).

Improving living and working conditions in the fishing sector - 96th session of the International Labour Conference

Delegates to the 96th International Labour Conference will consider a new international labour standard that revises the seven existing ILO standards on fishing adopted between 1920 and 1966. The discussions will focus on living and working...

Fresh research reveals serious human rights violations of young foreign migrant workers in Thailand

A year-long study finds exploitation, coercion and intimidation in homes, farms, factories and fishing boats.