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EVIDENCE | Forced labor, child labor, and/or human trafficking in seafood
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U.S. Department of Labor 2024 List of Goods Produced by Child Labor or Forced Labor |
Not profiled in report |
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U.S. Department of Labor 2023 Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor |
Categorial worst forms of child labor: evidence of forced child labor found in the fishing sector. Evidence of child labor found in fishing industry. |
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U.S. Department of State 2024 Trafficking in Persons Report |
Evidence of trafficking in the fishing sector, including child labor. Traffickers bring children from Angola and neighboring countries and subject them to sex trafficking and forced labor, including in the fishing industry. An NGO noted an increase in exploitation of Namibians seeking economic opportunities abroad and an increase in labor trafficking of adult male victims in Namibia’s fishing sector. |
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Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch Seafood Social Risk Tool Profile |
No country risk profile available |
| Additional civil society organization reports documenting human rights abuses: |
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| Risk Factor | Status | Details |
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| Flag of Convenience (International Transport Workers Federation) | No | Flags of Convenience are connected to the occurrence of human trafficking and forced labor in fishing. Vessels registered to Flag of Convenience states may lack a legitimate connection to the flag state and may be subject to less rigorous management and oversight by the flag state. |
| Active yellow or red card for failing to tackle illegal fishing (European Union) | No | The European Union gives countries yellow and red cards for failing in their requirements under international law to take action against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing. There is evidence linking IUU fishing to an increased risk of human trafficking and forced labor on board fishing vessels. |
| Failure to ratify key treaties and international labor conventions |
Ratifying key treaties and international labor conventions indicates a country’s commitment to uphold international standards.
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