Part II ＞ Our Efforts and Transformation depth interview with 10 key informants to gather information so as to understand the operation and working conditions of foreign fishing crew. The NHRC Foreign Fishermen’s Human Rights Special Report was based on six investigation reports transferred from the Control Yuan and completed in collaboration with administrative departments and civil society groups. Through professional forums, visits, inter-agency conferences and focus group seminars, this report revealed the foreign fishermen’s human rights situation. Taking into account the demands of the NGOs, it made recommendations requiring the inprovement of related policies. It was the first attempt for the Control Yuan to transfer reports to the NHRC, thus establishing a collaboration model. It is also the first important special report on rights issues. While preparing this report, we have, through trials and errors, incorporated various collaboration methods. Upholding the role as a bridge between the government and the civil society organizations, we the Commission stood for the people. As for the proposal to “end forced labor in distant water fisheries” championed by the civil society groups, we first sent letters to the relevant agencies to request them to conduct a feasibility survey. This appeal was made through a joint declaration issued on the eve of World Fisheries Day in November 2020 from the civil society groups of 34 countries around the world to request the government and industries of Taiwan to take related actions to improve forced labor. On March 24, 2021 the Coalition for Human Rights for Migrant Fishers again issued a joint press release to urge the Fisheries Agency to press on with reforms so as to remove Taiwan from the “List of Goods Produced by Child Labor or Forced Labor”. 52 National Human Rights Commission 2022 Annual Report In addition to gathering opinions from the NGOs, we also tried to collaborate with government agencies. After integrating the six investigation reports, we categorized the related issues and focused on eight aspects. After studying the information on implementation and the feasibility of the appeal to “end forced labor in distant water fisheries,” the project team drew up a list of issues for communication with government agencies. To discern the actual living condition of foreign fishing crew in distant water fisheries, the project team visited the Cijin and Cianjhen fishing harbors in Kaohsiung. And for the onshore accommodation of domestic fishing crew, we conducted an onsite investigation in Suao, Yilan, and held seminars with local fisheries associations and fishermen’s associations. Lastly, in institutional collaboration, the project team first visited the minister without portfolio of the Executive Yuan to present plan for coorganizing agency seminars. After reaching a consensus on collaboration, we held three interagency conferences, and one focus group seminar. In addition to the related government agencies, we also consulted with various NGOs, the Bankers Association, foreign fishing crew recruitment agencies, the Indonesia Economic and Trade Office to Taipei, and Bank Rakyat Indonesia. The NHRC Foreign Fishermen’s Human Rights Special Report was approved by resolution at the 24th meeting of the first cohort of the NHRC on December 27, 2021, and the entire report has been published on the NHRC website. In this report, we made the following recommendations: i. Effective improvement of working conditions and protection of equal rights for foreign fishermen: Instead of being dictated by market mechanism, we emphasize that working