Forced labor and human trafficking within the industry persist as acute problems and are intricately connected to illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing (IUU fishing) as fisheries crime threatens marine ecosystems and fish stocks, which adversely impacts food security and sustainable fishing in coastal communities around the world, as indicated by ILO.
As many as 34 Indonesian migrant fishers have detailed conditions suggesting signs of forced labor on 13 suspected foreign fishing vessels, while 62 others on 41 fishing vessels and 4 refrigerated transport vessels complained about further labor and human rights abuses in a follow up report.
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