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The2007WorkinFishingConvention–AStatusReportontheBayofBengal
YugrajSinghYadava andRajdeepMukherjeeBayofBengalProgrammeInter-GovernmentalOrganisation,91Saint
Mary’sRoad,Abhiramapuram,Chennai- 600018,[email protected]
PresentationpreparedforIFISH5(InternationalFishingIndustrySafety&HealthConference),St.John’s,NL,Canada;June10– 13,2018
BayofBengalProgrammeInter-GovernmentalOrganisation(BOBP-IGO)
• Afour-countryregionalfisheriesadvisorybody.• Members:Bangladesh,India,Maldives,SriLanka.• Cooperatingcountries:Myanmar,Thailand,Indonesia,Malaysia• Institutionalizedin2003fromerstwhileBayofBengalProgrammeofFAOwhichwasinitiatedin1979.
BOBP-IGO’sengagementintheregionondecentworkinfisheriessector
• Thepresentationisbasedonthefollowings:• 2001RegionalWorkshoponSafetyatSea(ChennaiDeclaration).• 2008RegionalWorkshoponFisheriesMonitoringControlandSurveillance(ChittagongResolution).• 2006– 2012collaborationwithAPRC/NIOSHonenumerationoffatalitiesatseaandOSHrelatedwork• 2007– 2012FAO/Sida/IMO/BOBP-IGOGlobalProjectonSafetyatSea(SouthAsia).• 2010GlobalWorkshoponSafetyatSea(Mahabalipuram Declaration).• Regularinteractionswithmember-countriesandpartners.
• ThescopeofthispresentationisrestrictedtoBangladeshandIndia.
StatusofthemarinefisheriessectorinBangladesh&India(BOBP)
• Marinefisheriesisatraditionalactivity,graduallymodernising.• Unrestrictedaccess–increasingcapitalisationandfishingpower.• Near-shorefisheriesalmostexhausted– increasingoperationalarea.• InadequateadministrativecapacityandpoorMonitoring,ControlandSurveillance.
•ConsolidatesseveralILOstandards:• HoursofWork(Fishing)Recommendation,1920(No.7)• MinimumAge(Fishermen)Convention,1959(No.112)• MedicalExamination(Fishermen)Convention,1959(No.113)• Fishermen’sArticlesofAgreementConvention,1959(No.114)• Fishermen’sCompetencyCertificatesConvention,1966(No.125)• VocationalTraining(Fishermen)Recommendation,1966(No.126)• AccommodationofCrews(Fishermen)Convention),1966(No.126)
ILOWorkinFishingConvention:DevelopmentPathway
TheILO2007WorkinFishingConvention(WFC)
• Enteredintoforcein2017.• Binding(forthosewhoratifyit.10ratificationssofar).• Appliestoall fishers andfishingvesselsengagedin commercialfishingoperations.• Tripartiteagreement– Government:Employers:Fishers.• BothBangladeshandIndiasupportedtheresolutionbutyettoratify.
The2007WorkinFishingConvention(WFC)- Objectives
• Setsoutbindingrequirementstoaddressworkonboardfishingvessels.• occupationalsafetyandhealth• medicalcareatseaandashore• restperiods• writtenworkagreements• socialsecurityprotection
• Itfurtheraimstoensurethatfishingvesselsareconstructedandmaintainedsothatfishershavedecentlivingconditionsonboard.
RelationtoFAOCCRFandVG-SSF
• FAO1995CodeofConductforResponsibleFisheries(CCRF) setsthemodelguidanceforfisheriesmanagement:• Art.8:Statesshouldensurethathealthandsafetystandardsareadoptedforeveryoneemployedinfishingoperations.Suchstandardsshouldbenotlessthantheminimumrequirementsofrelevantinternationalagreementsonconditionsofworkandservice.
• FAO2014 InternationalVoluntaryGuidelinesonSecuringSustainableSmall-ScaleFisheries(VG-SSF) isthefirstinternationallyagreedinstrumentdedicatedentirelytotheSSFsector:• Part2(Sec.6):Callsforincreasedattentionandactiononissuesrelatedtodecentworkby,forexample,providingguidanceonoccupationalhealthandsafetyandmeasurestoimprovesafetyatsea.
InstitutionalFramework• Requirements:
• Responsibilityofthestate– partofflagstateandportstateresponsibilities.• ILOConventiondealtbyMinistryofLabour.• Largerresponsibilityonowners.• Fromunorganizedtoorganizedrelations.
• Actualsituation:• Statedoesnotinterfere– sectorremainslargelyunorganized.• Ministry/DepartmentofFisherieslargelyinvolvedinfisherwelfare.• Ministry/DepartmentofLabour– limited/norole.• Presentarrangementswithinthesectorareinformal,basedontraditionalnorms–mostlyowner-ledandsupportedbyfishers.
• Economicconsiderationsoutweighsafetyanddecentworkneeds.• Under-evaluationofrisksandlackofsafetyculture.
StatusReportCard
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tryDimensions
Alignmentofdomesticpolicies/lawswithWFCrequirements
PoliticalandadministrativeawarenessonWFC
PrioritizationofDecentWorkissuesbyfishers
RoleandengagementofNGOs andCSOs
Knowledgeonworkingconditions
BGD Production-centric,introductionoffishersgroupinsurance- limitedcoverage.
Lackofownershipandpoliticalwill.Mediainsensitive,exceptduringnaturalcalamities.
Lackofawarenessandpoorfisher-organisationalstructures
GoodNGO/CSOinvolvement.Decentworknotprioritized.
Verylimited.Notpartofresearchagenda.
Limitedawareness;economicconsiderationsoutweighorganisationalwill.
Pooradvocacyandpenetration.
IND Production&welfare-centric,workingconditionspoorlycovered.The2017NationalPolicyonMarineFisheriesadvocatesimplementationofWFC.
Lookingbackandforward(avideofilm)
• ImprovingSafetyandHealthofFishingCommunities(Safetyatsea):ABayofBengalInitiative
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