Labour Supply Chain Mapping of Indonesian and Filipino fishermen

Plan International, under the SAFE Seas (The Safeguarding Against and Addressing Fishers’ Exploitation at Sea) project, commissioned HRC to map the labour supply chain for commercial fishing vessels operating in international waters. The project primarily looked at cases of forced labour and trafficking on fishing vessels in Indonesia and the Philippines. In this project, the HRC team mapped the labour supply chain of Filipino fishers in Taiwan, China, South Korea, Papua New Guinea, and the Solomon islands.

Based on the analysis of the collected data, the HRC team have developed policies to support the advancement of fishers’ management and placement regulations, policies for fair recruitment, and remuneration schemes. These recommendations are expected to help inform the decision makers of policy options to improve the current private sector policy, procedures for responsible recruitment, and remuneration schemes that benefit the fishers.