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Fisheries Section

Although strictly speaking not transport workers, the exploitative practices experienced on board fishing vessels are closely linked to those of merchant seafarers and the Fisheries Section is therefore becoming an important part of the ITF's activities.

The fisheries sector is in crisis with some 70 per cent of fish stocks being exploited, over exploited, depleted or in the process of being rebuilt as a result of over exploitation. The central policy of the section has been and continues to be related to the sustainable harvesting of living marine resources. The growing globalisation of the sector and the interaction between fish stocks which straddle different economic zones and in some instances, the high seas, increase the relevance of the international dimension.

Fisheries policy

The ITF Fisheries Policy was adopted at the Fisheries Section Conference held during the ITF’s 40th Congress in 2002. This was as a result of a decision taken at the Fisheries Section Conference in 1997 that the Fisheries Policy that had been largely finalised at the ITF Congress in 1990 needed fundamental revision and that fisheries management should be the backbone of the revised policy. The Fisheries Policy reflects the direction and aspirations of the Fisheries Section and incorporates developments since the adoption of the previous policy. Download the complete policy document below.

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News online

14 Dec 2007
Regional cooperation set to tackle working conditions in the fishing industry
The ITF and the Latin American division of the International Union of Food Workers (IUF) have agreed to pool efforts and resources to help reinforce labour rights in the Latin American fishing industry. The agreement was reached at a regional...

10 Oct 2007
Call on Indian Railways to put HIV into training curriculum
Two Indian railway unions are to propose that HIV and AIDS form an integral part of all training for railway workers across India. The ITF-affiliated National Federation of Indian Railwaymen and All India Railwaymen’s Federation pledged to put the...
 

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Press releases

16 Aug 2007
IMHA & ITF join to condemn HIV discrimination at sea
The ITF and IMHA (International Maritime Health Association) have teamed up to set out a position on HIV/Aids whose aim is to help protect the rights and dignity of seafarers and all those living with the virus. They will present it at the...

14 Jun 2007
ILO Fisheries vote ‘a victory for embattled crews’
The ITF has given a warm and immediate welcome to the vote just announced at the ILO to adopt the Work in Fishing Convention - for which it and its affiliated unions have campaigned for several years. The vote was 437 for the convention, two...
 

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