The Fisheries Governance Project (FGP) is a funder-practitioner collaboration working to advance solutions that focus on the interconnected governance issues related to IUU fishing and labor rights in marine fisheries.

FISHERIES GOVERNANCE PROJECT

Foster alignment to accelerate progress on effective solutions

Build a shared understanding of how the complex issues on both sides intersect.

FGP was launched in 2020 to break down silos between IUU fishing and labor rights experts working in the seafood sector to:

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Defining Corporate Duties in Seafood Supply Chains to Prevent IUU Fishing & Labor Rights Abuse on Industrial Fishing Vessels

This framework developed by FGP’s markets working group is focused on defining corporate duties in seafood supply chains to identify, prevent, and address IUU fishing and labor rights abuses.

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Endorsements

Defining Corporate Duties in Seafood Supply Chains to Prevent IUU Fishing and Labor Rights Abuses on Industrial Fishing Vessels provides a consolidated set of environmental and labor rights duties that seafood companies must uphold throughout their operations to identify, prevent, and address labor rights abuse and illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing in their seafood supply chains. The following organizations have endorsed the full set of corporate duties outlined in this report.

International Transport Workers' Federation

FGP’s Focus

FGP focuses on three contributing factors that play a critical role in improving governance of environmental sustainability and labor rights in marine fisheries. We work on these contributing factors individually — and look for ways to connect the dots between them — to drive global change.

The adoption of key international treaties and their implementation.

Market compliance with a strong set of corporate duties at the intersection of IUU fishing and labor rights in the fisheries sector.

Improved accountability & fisher organizing.

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FGP Events in Boston and Barcelona

FGP will be hosting events at Seafood Expo North America and Seafood Expo Global this spring to share “Defining Corporate Duties in Seafood Supply Chains to Prevent IUU Fishing & Labor Rights Abuse on Industrial Fishing Vessels.”

March 15th at 3:00 pm (Room 156A)

Join FGP’s markets working members for a panel discussion about the importance of addressing the interconnected issues related to IUU fishing and labor abuses and implementing the consolidated set of corporate duties outlined in the Corporate Duties document.
FGP market working group members will also host invitation-only information sessions in Boston and Barcelona to share more information about the Corporate Duties document and insights from the growing list of organizations who have endorsed the document, including Ethical Trading Initiative, The Solidarity Center, Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility, Oxfam America, International Transport Workers’ Federation, International Corporate Accountability Roundtable, and Serikat Buruh Migran Indonesia.

For more information about these events, please contact Vikki Bilek, vikkibilek@gmail.com.

Organizations involved with FGP include

FGP has — and will continue to — engage with different NGO, academic, and government entities across both the labor and ocean conservation movements.