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G7 Don’t Miss the Boat on Human Rights

G7 Don’t Miss the Boat on Human Rights

Forced Labor and Human Trafficking, Human Rights, Seafood

Recently in Osaka-Saki, Japan, the G7 Trade Ministers convened to discuss key issues affecting the global trading system and the topic of fishing subsidies was high on the agenda.  Each year, governments worldwide provide an estimated $35.4 billion to subsidize their fishing fleets and over 60% of these subsidies go to commercial fishing that contribute to depletion of the world’s fish stocks.  The G7 Ministers pledged to work on additional provisions to the historic agreement struck last year by the World Trading Organization (WTO) to reform fishing subsidies. The call for action was to seek greater alignment with Sustainable Development Goal 14.6, which addresses overfishing and Illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing.

Mechanization of Thai Purse Seiners: A business case study to improve working and living conditions

Mechanization of Thai Purse Seiners: A business case study to improve working and living conditions

Compensation and Hours, Food and Beverage, Health and Safety, Migrant Workers, Seafood, Southeast Asia

International exposés of labor conditions on Thai fishing vessels have long identified a vessel’s physical structure as an inherent driver of labor risk in the industry. These findings led Nestlé and Verité to collaborate on a project exploring how Thai fishing vessels might be modified to enable long-term improvements for both the workers and vessel owners.