︱Road to Migrant Fishers’ Rights governing fishermen hired domestically and overseas lead to wide gaps in their labor conditions. Fishermen hired overseas are covered by the Act for Distant Water Fisheries and receive significantly lower wages by comparison and are not protected by social insurance. The Labor Standards Act cannot be applied directly to foreign fishermen hired overseas but a minimum standard for human rights should be defined in the spirit of the Labor Standards Act. The Executive Yuan should therefore examine the relevant provisions of the Work in Fishing Convention (2007) (C188) of the ILO and conduct an inventory of items yet to be implemented from the convention. Amendment of existing regulations should be studied pending the domesticalization of ILO-C188 to narrow the gaps between the Act for Distant Water Fisheries, the Labor Standards Act and ILO-C188. Alternatively, the feasibility of specifying minimum standards for labor conditions and dispute resolution mechanisms in standard labor contract templates should also be considered. Equal rights as enshrined in the ICESCR should not discriminate against foreign fishermen hired overseas. The wages of fishermen hired Guests viewing a photo gallery during the press conference for the release of the NHRC Foreign Fishermen’s Human Rights Special Report. 088