︱Road to Migrant Fishers’ Rights
On September 11, 2021, a group of NHRC staff inspected the FOC vessel “Da Wang” docked
at Cijin Shipyard in Kaohsiung.
Control Yuan Investigation Report approved on May 5, 2021 (110
財調0007): Taiwanese Distant Water Fishing Vessel Catches Were
Added to the U.S. Department of Labor's List of Goods Produced
by Forced Labor
In 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor included Taiwan in the 9th
edition of its “List of Goods Produced by Child Labor or Forced Labor”
published on September 30 due to exploitative labor practices of Taiwaneseflagged distant water fishing vessels or FOCs with Taiwanese owners.
Economic losses may result from a future boycott of catches from these
ships.
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