The International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) have formalised a new partnership aimed at strengthening the protection of human rights and labour standards for…
Critical checks on seafood products entering the UK market have dropped to ‘alarmingly’ low levels since Brexit, according to NGOs, which claim that this could be plaving illegally-caught seafood on…
The Global Tuna Alliance (GTA) has spoken up for its Partners, global retailers and brands, in advocating for labour standards in Indian Ocean tuna fisheries with its Lives On The…
Ahead of the 29th Session of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) on 13th April, the Global Tuna Alliance (GTA) is putting pressure on IOTC members to task the Working…
The Marine Stewardship Council has responded to claims made by the International Transport Federation in a study published in Nature, concerning forced labout in tuna fisheries. ‘We recognise forced and…
The International Transport Federation claims that MSC certification is no guarantee of safe working conditions on certified vessels – despite the MSC’s claim of these being free of forced labour.…
There are credible claims of forced labour and human trafficking linked to the UK nephrops Fishery Improvement Project, according to the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), which states it has…
Survey results released by Fishers’ Rights Network (FRN) show startling breaches of international labour laws in the Thai fishing industry, with 84% of those surveyed not allowed to keep their own…
Currently alongside in Vigo, trawler Santa Isabel has allowed by its owners to become a floating death trap, according to ITF inspectors who have been on board the 84-metre trawler,…
At Seafood Expo Global in Barcelona, the Seafood Ethics Action Alliance is making it clear that it expects to see national governments make progress on the crucial Working in Fishing Convention…
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