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.
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.
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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.
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The adoption of key international treaties and their implementation.
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Market compliance with a strong set of corporate duties at the intersection of IUU fishing and labor rights in the fisheries sector.
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Improved fisher empowerment and stronger fisher-led organizations.
Organizations involved with FGP include
Accountability Research Center | David & Lucile Packard Foundation
| Environmental Justice Foundation | Global Labor Justice | Greenpeace USA | Oak Foundation | Pew Charitable Trusts | Walton Family Foundation
FGP has — and will continue to — engage with different NGO, academic, and government entities across both the labor and ocean conservation movements.