Ⅴ. NHRC Recommendations︱
• Improving labor conditions and ensuring
equality
The most immediate issue for foreign fishermen is their labor
conditions. Areas of domestic and international concern in the labor
conditions of fishermen included overtime, excessive hours, wages not paid
in full, inadequate shipboard living conditions, and lack of food and water
aboard the ship. Other labor rights issues included staying too long at sea
and not being able to dock for long periods of time. Different legislation
On November 30, 2021,
Commissioner Wang
Yu-ling gave a report
on fishermen’s working
conditions during a press
conference for the release
of the NHRC Foreign
Fishermen’s Human
Rights Special Report.
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NHRC Chairperson
Chen Chu and Minister
without Portfolio Lo Pingcheng each delivered a
speech during the press
conference.