migrant workers

BUSINESS & FINANCE

BUSINESS & FINANCE

Public body Seafish has released new guidance to help fishing industry employers navigate changes to UK immigration policy that will affect the recruitment and retention of migrant workers. 

2nd December 2025

New guidance issued to support UK fishing industry employers

2nd December 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Europêche has welcomed the successful conclusion of the Meeting of Experts on Guidelines for Fair Labour Market Services for Migrant Fishers, held under the auspices of the International Labour Organization (ILO) from 27 to 31 October 2025 in Geneva.

3rd November 2025

EU fishing industry greets ILO guidelines on migrant workers

3rd November 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Migrant labourers dominate Kerala’s marine fisheries sector, accounting for 58% of the fishing workforce, a new study by ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) has found. The study, conducted across harvest, post-harvest…

28th August 2025

Study: Migrant labourers dominate Kerala’s marine fisheries sector

28th August 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The EU is supporting Indonesia’s push for safer, fairer work in its fishing industry and seafood processing sector under the next phase of the Ship to Shore Rights South-East Asia initiative.

15th July 2025

EU backs safer jobs for Indonesian fishers

15th July 2025

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

A four-day summit has been held in Indonesia by the Seafood Task Force (STF) to discuss how to protect migrant fishers working on distant-water tuna vessels.

21st May 2025

Seafood Task Force holds summit on protecting migrant tuna fishers

21st May 2025

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

Amid strong concerns about human rights violations within the seafood sector, a new study launched at Seafood Expo Global (SEG) 2025 in Barcelona highlights the challenges of establishing enforceable labour standards for…

12th May 2025

Tuna supply chains look to tackle migrant worker failings in processing space

12th May 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Korea has recently made serious progress to improve conditions for migrant crew on its distant-water fleet, starting to close deep inequalities and remove loopholes that allow crew to be abused at sea.…

12th April 2024

EJF: Korea’s new plan to protect migrant crew is a step forward

12th April 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Korea’s Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries (MOF) has established its new “Plan for Further Enhancement for Working Conditions of Migrant Fishers on Distant Water Fishing Vessels”, which it developed in cooperation with…

10th April 2024

Korea introduces migrant fishing crew protection plan

10th April 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

UK supermarket chain Waitrose has launched a series of videos to improve welfare standards across the UK fishing sector, in particular for migrant workers joining the industry. The move follows reports of…

27th September 2023

Waitrose looks to help migrant fishers after confirming UK industry failings

27th September 2023