The Fisheries Governance Project (FGP) is a funder-practitioner collaboration working to advance solutions at the intersection of improved fisheries governance and advancements in labor rights.
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.
Organizations involved with FGP include
Accountability Research Center | Environmental Justice Foundation
Global Labor Justice | Greenpeace | Pew Charitable Trusts
FGP has — and will continue to — engage with different NGO, academic, and government entities across both the labor and ocean conservation movements.
FGP works on three issues
Supporting the adoption of key international treaties and their implementation in priority countries.
Exploring, strengthening, and aligning corporate duties at the intersection of IUU fishing and labor rights in the fisheries sector.
Improving fisher empowerment while increasing accountability, remedy, and deterrence for labor abuse and harvesting violations in the fisheries sector.