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How trustworthy are seafood brands…really?
For groups that have spent years monitoring and documenting human rights abuses in the seafood supply chain, it comes as no surprise that despite the claims and promises from seafood brands meant to instill consumer trust and confidence, that is not always the case.
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Investigation finds suspected human rights abuse by suppliers of major US and Taiwanese seafood company – Greenpeace
Major US seafood brand Bumble Bee and its Taiwanese owner, tuna trader FCF, are suspected to have illegal fishing and human rights abuse in its supply chain, according to a new investigative report by Greenpeace East Asia.
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“Don’t get trapped”: One worker’s warning about what really happens in the fishing industry
A fisher shares his story of forced labour in the high seas and how he's fighting back to help protect the rights of migrant workers in the industry.
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Indonesian migrant fishers declare victory in new regulation that ensures their protection and rights
Indonesian migrant fishers have welcomed the recently ratified regulation that ensures their rights, protection, and employment on board foreign fishing vessels - a significant milestone towards curbing illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing and abuse within the industrial fishing industry.
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What’s keeping the unprofitable high seas fishing industry going? Simple: Forced Labour
As fish populations collapse and fishing vessels have to go further out at sea, transportation and refrigeration costs have increased. While these costs are fixed, labour costs are more flexible. This is especially true far out at sea, where isolation and lack of oversight render fishers – who are often migrants with few legal protections…
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Nine people indicted for abusing crew members on Taiwan owned fishing vessel – Greenpeace response
The high seas fishing industry uses cost-cutting and illegal fishing tactics, forced labor, and other human rights abuses to stay profitable. This indictment on the nine people who worked on the Da Wang is indicative of a wider problem.
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Oil Pollution at Sea: The Fossil Fuel Industry’s Liability
Oil spills and other forms of marine pollution regularly occur along oil transportation routes where oil tankers load and offload and where petroleum companies operate. Since 1974, there have been at least 240 oil spill incidents in Thai waters. Information on these incidents are often incomplete.
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Thai coastal communities unite against the Chana industrial project
In 2018, the Thai Cabinet approved a big-budget industrial project in the area, calling it the Chana Industrial Park project which includes the construction of industrial facilities, deep-sea ports, and coal fired power plant. However, the approval was made without any local participation and many questioned the government for its lack of inclusion and transparency.
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24 civil organizations call on ASEAN to better protect migrant fishers’ rights
Jakarta, Indonesia, 28 September 2021— Key human rights, migrant worker, and crime government agencies are failing to protect and meet the needs of Southeast Asian migrant fishers working on-board distant…
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Ratifying and Implementing ILO Convention 188 in ASEAN Member States: Briefing Paper
There is rapidly growing concern over acts of forced labour and human trafficking in the fishing industry on a global scale.