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news Press Release 03 Sep 2024

Marine Stewardship Council certification fails to protect fishers from forced labour

In-depth investigation and ITF cases reveal that the MSC fails to ensure safe working conditions for fishers on certified vessels – despite claims of being free from forced labour. The Marine

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news Press Release 16 Jun 2023

Migrant labour exploitation, abuse remain rife in UK fishing industry – FT exposé

The Financial Times is reporting on the latest shocking story emanating from the UK fishing industry, affecting crew from the Philippines who were working on UK-flagged fishing vessels operating in

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news 13 Jun 2023

Dishonouring of EU Fisheries Agreements by French & Spanish companies fuelling strike actions on tuna vessels across Africa

Frustration on the part of fishers from Senegal and Cote D’Ivoire working on Spanish- and French-owned tuna vessels fishing in the Gulf of Guinea and Indian Ocean under EU Sustainable Fisheries

news Press Release 16 May 2023

UK government fails to prepare transition for own visa rule change, risking fishing crew paying the price

The government of the United Kingdom has failed to prepare adequately for its own changes to visa rules, and now underpaid migrant fishers will be forced to pay the price for the government’s delays

Resources 16 May 2022

A one way ticket to labour exploitation

Transit visas are the starting point for the labour abuse of migrant workers working in the UK fishing industry. This type of visa is intended to allow seafarers from other countries to board ships in

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news Press Release 01 Mar 2023

Don’t buy voluntary ‘standards’ spin if you want to end fisher exploitation, UK supermarkets told

UK supermarkets are being advised to steer clear of voluntary standards, tools and certifications when it comes to clearing their seafood supply chains of labour exploitation and modern slavery. ITF

news Press Release 22 Feb 2023

Mile 201 exploitation in South Atlantic risks environmental catastrophe and livelihoods of regional fishers, unions warn

An environmental catastrophe is looming in the South Atlantic because unregulated ships are over-fishing, the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) and affiliated Latin American unions

news Press Release 10 Feb 2023

‘Crew have fewer rights than fish’: Ireland’s failure to ratify C188 lets Spanish trawler off the hook as ITF exposes labour abuses

The recent arrest and detention by the Irish Naval Service of a Spanish owned, German flagged fishing vessel , and subsequent prosecution of its skipper over 12 alleged fisheries violations, shows

Resources 05 Jan 2023

Documento informativo de la ITF: La pesca en la Milla 201

Las actividades pesqueras fuera de la zona económica exclusiva pero muy próximas a ella, en abierta contravención de la Convención sobre el Derecho del Mar, ya que faltan al deber de conservar, y en

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news Press Release 04 Jan 2023

ITF welcomes liberation of migrant fishers from restrictive visa conditions by Irish Department of Justice

The dramatic announcement yesterday by the Irish Department of Justice that all Non-EEA migrant fishers enrolled in the now abolished Atypical Work Permit Scheme have been granted a Stamp 4 visa (or

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Marine Stewardship Council certification fails to protect fishers from forced labour

Migrant labour exploitation, abuse remain rife in UK fishing industry – FT exposé

Dishonouring of EU Fisheries Agreements by French & Spanish companies fuelling strike actions on tuna vessels across Africa

UK government fails to prepare transition for own visa rule change, risking fishing crew paying the price

A one way ticket to labour exploitation

Don’t buy voluntary ‘standards’ spin if you want to end fisher exploitation, UK supermarkets told

Mile 201 exploitation in South Atlantic risks environmental catastrophe and livelihoods of regional fishers, unions warn

‘Crew have fewer rights than fish’: Ireland’s failure to ratify C188 lets Spanish trawler off the hook as ITF exposes labour abuses

Documento informativo de la ITF: La pesca en la Milla 201

ITF welcomes liberation of migrant fishers from restrictive visa conditions by Irish Department of Justice

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