All publications: fishing
Webinar on the Opportunities and Challenges of the Ratification of C188 (Work in Fishing Convention): ILO brief
Co-hosted by the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Permanent Mission of Indonesia in Geneva, and the International Labour Office in Geneva
ILO training package on inspection of labour conditions on board fishing vessels
ILO working paper
Study on the recruitment and placement of migrant fishers from Indonesia: an ILO working paper
This study is based on research was commissioned to address one of the key concerns of the Indonesian Government and stakeholders: the protection of Indonesian migrant fishers. Under the Indonesian Medium-Term Development Plan 2015–2019, a...
COVID-19 and maritime shipping & fishing
Shipping carries most world trade, and fishing provides essential food. The pandemic impacts the safety and well-being of seafarers and fishers, their ability to join their vessels and return home, and the future of their jobs. Seafarers on cruise...
Indonesia and the Work in Fishing Convention, 2007 (No. 188): a comparative analysis
This analysis is provided to assist the Government of Indonesia in preparing to ratify the ILO Work in Fishing Convention, 2007 (No. 188).
The Philippines and the Work in Fishing Convention, 2007 (No. 188): a comparative analysis
This analysis is provided to assist the Government of the Philippines in preparing to ratify the ILO Work in Fishing Convention, 2007 (No. 188).
Ship to shore rights
Endline research findings on fishers and seafood workers in Thailand
New evidence from workers in Thailand’s fishing and seafood industry shows improvements in working conditions since 2017 as well as a persistent forced labour problem.
Ship to shore rights
Less is more: How policy and technology can impact the Thai labour market for work in fishing
This paper explores the reasons for the labour market dysfunction and possible responses by the Thai Government and employers, including capital investments that can help redress the chronic labour market imbalance and improve the economic viability...
Full report
Business models for decent work
Indonesia’s fisheries human rights certification system: assessment, commentary, and recommendations - Working Paper
This Working Paper looks at the process and status of the implementation of Indonesia’s fisheries human rights certification system and assesses its effectiveness and impact on working conditions in the Indonesian commercial capture fisheries sector.
Background Paper - Consultative Forum on Regional Cooperation Against Human Trafficking, Labour Exploitation, and Slavery at Sea (Bali,...
To build on the momentum of the TMIMF and to strengthen responses to trafficking of persons in fisheries, ILO’s Southeast Asia Fisheries Project aims to reduce trafficking for labour exploitation in fisheries by strengthening coordination in...
The flexibility clauses of the Work in Fishing Convention, 2007 (No. 188)
This sectoral working paper discusses the various types of flexibility clauses found in the Work in Fishing convention, 2007 (No. 188), with a view to assisting those considering making use of these clauses when ratifying and implementing the...
C188 Report
Gap analysis of the Work in Fishing Convention, 2007 (No. 188), and Thai national laws, regulations and other measures concerning...
This gap analysis of C188 was prepared by an inter-disciplinary team of the ILO, including staff of the EU-funded Ship to Shore Rights Project, following extensive consultations conducted by the ILO in partnership with the Ministry of Labour. This...
P29 Report
Protocol of 2014 to the Forced Labour Convention, 1930, and the fishing and seafood processing industries in Thailand
This document was prepared by an inter-disciplinary team of the ILO, including staff of the EU-funded Ship to Shore Rights Project, following extensive consultations conducted by the ILO in partnership with the Ministry of Labour. This analysis has...
Final evaluation summary
Improving labour law compliance and building sound labour practices in the export-oriented shrimp sector in Bangladesh
Project BGD/13/01/BGD
Report
Fishers first: Good practices to end labour exploitation at sea
This report is to present, analyse and share good practices and innovative interventions from around the world aimed at eradicating forced labour and other forms of labour exploitation in the fishing industry.
Decent work
Providing decent employment for Pacific fishers
This publication highlights promoting employment opportunities for Pacific Islanders on foreign fishing vessels and protecting fishers on board, envisaging the ratification of Fishing Convention (C188) by the Pacific Island Countries.
Child labour in the fish supply chain on Lake Volta, Ghana: The Torkor model
Project
GAPfish - A Global action programme against forced labour and trafficking of fishers at sea
The recommendations of the Oslo Conference will, among other things, help to consolidate an ILO project proposal – The Global Action Programme against against forced labour and trafficking of fishers at sea (GAPfish) – which aims to tackle forced...
Oslo Conference background document
International expert meeting on labour exploitation in the fishing sector in the Atlantic region - Background document