Ⅳ. Follow-up and Institutional Analysis︱
The NHRC utilized the six migrant fishermen
investigations as the starting point for looking at the
unusual nature of maritime labor. The report then
analyzed the issues with having a dual-track regulatory
system for domestically-hired and overseas-hired
fishermen, the applicable international conventions
and human rights indicators. The hosting of
professional forums, on-site inspections at Cijin and
Cianjhen fishing harbors in Kaohsiung, as well as
at Nanfang'ao fishing harbor in the Su'ao Township
of Yilan, industry-government-academic exchange
seminars, and governmental seminars were conducted
to track the progressive improvements made by
government agencies on labor rights issues in distant
water fishery.
The NHRC organized numerous meetings with
relevant agencies over a one-month period from the
end of September to the end of October in 2021.
The agenda for agency talks was developed from
the list of identified issues and the actual conditions
found during the inspections. The focus of each
communication session was as follows: The topic
for the first session was the labor conditions of
fishermen and FOC management. The second session
looked at identifying human trafficking and forced
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