Lozano, Alejandro J. Garcia and Sparks, Jessica L. Decker and Durgana, Davina P. and Farthing, Courtney M. and Fitzpatrick, Juno and Poulsen, Birgitte Krough and McDonald, Gavin and McDonald, Sara and Ota, Yoshitaka and Sarto, Nicole and Montemayor, Andres M. Cisneros and Lout, Gabrielle and Finkbeiner, Elena and Kittinger, John N. (2022) Decent work in fisheries: Current trends and key considerations for future research and policy. Marine Policy, 136. p. 10.
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Labor issues and human rights violations have become the subject of rising concern in fisheries and seafood production. This paper reviews recent research on labor issues in the fishing industry, especially by environmental researchers and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) which are emerging as key players in research and policy arenas. Recent research has focused largely on severe violations such as forced labor, particularly in ‘hotspot’ geographies, often relying on indicators and risk-based approaches given the paucity of data and challenges of monitoring working conditions. This paper proposes that decent work – a concept associated with the institutional history of the International Labor Organization (ILO) but with broad implications – can contribute to overcoming gaps in the research landscape, and assessing and improving a range of labor issues in fisheries. The paper elaborates some key considerations for studying and promoting decent work in the seafood industry. Assessing and achieving decent work in the world’s fisheries requires (1) a holistic human rights approach to decent work, in which labor concerns are understood in the context of interrelated and interdependent sets of human rights, (2) consideration of the complex political-economic regimes and histories in which seafood production is embedded, and perhaps most importantly, (3) that workers play a central role and have a voice in defining and achieving decent work. The paper concludes with future directions for research and a discussion of promising and emerging policy pathways for promoting decent work in fisheries and seafood production.
| Item Type: | Articles |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | Fishing Industry, Human Rights, Forced Labor, Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs), Labor Issues, International Labor Organization (ILO), Policy, Seafood Industry |
| Subjects: | Decent Work |
| Depositing User: | Kokila ICSF Krish |
| Date Deposited: | 05 Nov 2024 04:56 |
| Last Modified: | 05 Nov 2024 04:56 |
| URI: | http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/20919 |
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