Pacific Archives - Human Rights At Sea

Ongoing investigation of Indonesian fishers abandoned and exploited in Fiji

16th January 202118th January 2021Abandonment, Fiji, Fishers, MSC, Pacific

London, UK. / Suva, Fiji. Humanitarian ship visitors working with the UK charitable NGO, Human Rights at Sea, have been alerted to exploited Indonesian crew on a Chinese owned Fijian-flagged long-liner abandoned in the Port of Suva without their wages apparently being paid for 12 months. Crew circumstances include having to continue to work...

Pacific Fisheries Observer Safety, Security and Well-being Reports Published

11th November 202015th November 2020Abuse, Fisheries Observer, Fishers, Flag State, Human Rights, Labour rights, Pacific, Pacific Fisheries, Press Release, Research, Resources, WCPFC

London, UK. Human Rights at Sea today issues two new major international peer-reviewed reports focusing on Fisheries Observer safety, security and well-being in the Western and Central Pacific region, including for Observers employed by Commonwealth States through Regional Fisheries Management Organisations....

Fisheries Observers’ Survey for Western and Central Pacific now live

4th September 20209th September 2020FFA, Pacific, Pacific Fisheries, Press Release, Research, Rights Lab, Survey, University of Nottingham, WCPFC

London. UK. Human Rights at Sea in partnership with the University of Nottingham's Rights Lab and supported by the Association for Professional Observers, has today gone live with a new Fisheries Observer survey as part of ongoing work addressing the health, safety and well-being of Fisheries Observers in the Western and Central Pacific region....

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