Day: 6 March 2006

Maritime Union says it’s time to connect the dots on Flag of Convenience fishing

The Mar­itime Union has wel­comed New Zealand sign­ing up to an inter­na­tion­al crack­down on ille­gal fish­ing – which also pro­vides a clear oppor­tu­ni­ty to solve the abuse and exploita­tion of mar­itime work­ers.

Fish­eries min­is­ters from Aus­tralia, Britain, Cana­da, Chile, Namib­ia and New Zealand have agreed to a plan which will mean glob­al track­ing of fish­ing ves­sels, as well as an online data­base of their names, loca­tion and his­to­ry, to help uncov­er ille­gal fish­ing.

Mar­itime Union Gen­er­al Sec­re­tary Trevor Han­son says the plan means that “half of the prob­lem” is being seri­ous­ly addressed.