Sustainable Fishing: Decent Working Conditions, Safety and Social Protection

Key issues and policy options to promote productive, decent jobs in the fisheries sector.

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Capture fisheries and aquaculture are important sources of food, jobs and income and in many rural coastal communities, the principal, sometimes the only, ways of making a living. Fishing, however, continues to be one of the most hazardous occupations, warranting specific attention to
improve the living and working conditions of fishers.

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  • Brandt Wagner, Dani Appave