(2) Improvement of living conditions and social protection ....98
(3) Strengthening management of recruitment agents ............99
(4) Increasing monitoring and management capabilities........100
(5) Strengthening the Management of FOC Fishing Vessels .101
(6) Establishing and deepening international cooperation .....102
(7) Promoting partnerships .....................................................103
ii. Challenges and Review ..............................................................103
(1) Challenges .........................................................................103
(2) Enhanced measures in Action Plan V1.5 ..........................105
(3) Mid-term review by civil society groups ..........................105
Prospects .................................................................................................108
VII. Labor Rights in the Fisheries Supply Chain ...................................108
i. How the Human Rights Movement’s pressure on Supply Chains is
Transforming Distant Water Fisheries ............................................ 110
(1) Practices of seafood traders............................................... 111
(2) Guidelines for supply chain due diligence ........................ 114
ii. Self-inspection in the Supply Chain ........................................... 116
VIII. Conclusion and Recommendations................................................121
i. Conclusion ...................................................................................121
ii. Recommendations ......................................................................126
(1) Legislate on Wi-Fi installation on fishing vessels to ensure
fishers’ right to communication ..............................................126
(2) Align wages with international standards .........................127
(3) Strengthen civil society group involvement in broker
evaluations and promote cooperation with unions in workers’
countries of origin ...................................................................129
(4) Provide onshore living facilities to safeguard workers’ right
to housing ................................................................................130
(5) Improve medical services and safety measures and conduct
safety investigations and statistics on work-relataed incidents in
fisheries ...................................................................................131
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