ILO, International Labour Organization (2016) Providing decent employment for Pacific fishers. International Labour Organization (ILO), Geneva.
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Fishing is critical both to survival and subsistence of many Pacific Islanders, as well as long-term prosperity in the region. Although the vast Pacific Ocean creates economic challenges for Pacific island countries – which are often small and isolated from large markets - the size and natural wealth of this ocean also contains extraordinary natural resources of fish, particularly tuna. The Pacific Islands domestic tuna sector adds around US$446 million to the combined GDP of the region per annum, and fishing contributes to more than 10% to GDP in countries such as Tuvalu, Federate States of Micronesia and Kiribati.1 Although the Pacific region reaps important economic benefits from licensing fees for vessels catching fish in their Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs) – which are home to the world’s largest tuna fishery – there are still untapped opportunities to further benefit from this valuable resource. More than 60% of the tuna caught from Pacific Island EEZs is harvested by foreign vessels and more than 85% is taken out of the region for processing, highlighting considerable scope to develop domestic industry. Pacific Islanders could not only benefit through domestic processing, but also increased employment on fishing vessels, which currently employ relatively few workers from the region.
| Item Type: | Documents |
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| Keywords: | Fiji, Palau, Marshall Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Kiribati, Samoa, Tuvalu, Employment, Fishers, Decent work, Fishing, International Labour Organization (ILO), Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing (IUU), Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA), Fishing Vessels |
| Subjects: | Decent Work |
| Depositing User: | Vivek D ICSF |
| Date Deposited: | 22 Aug 2023 10:43 |
| Last Modified: | 22 Aug 2023 10:43 |
| URI: | http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/19929 |
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