Decent work in fisheries: Current trends and key considerations for future research and policy

Lozano, Alejandro J. García; Sparks, Jessica L. Decker; Durgana, Davina P.; Farthing, Courtney M.; Fitzpatrick, Juno; Krough-Poulsen, Birgitte; McDonald, Gavin; McDonald, Sara; Ota, Yoshitaka; Sarto, Nicole; Cisneros‐Montemayor, Andrés M.; Lout, Gabrielle; Finkbeiner, Elena M.; Kittinger, John N.

doi:10.1016/j.marpol.2021.104922

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“…Key to all this will be considering the needs and perspectives of blue boat workers themselves, and ensuring that workers have the right to collective action and unionization. This all contributes to a decent work agenda for blue boat workers (Vandergeest and Marschke 2020 ; Garcia Lozano et al 2022 ). Protecting biodiversity requires that we tackle larger-scale industrial extractive relationships with the ocean and protect fishers’ ability to make a living at sea (Bennett et al 2021 ; Campling and Colas 2021 ).…”

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Blue boats in deep waters: how aspects of IUU policy impact Vietnamese fish workers

Alonso

Marschke

2023

Maritime Studies

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Illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) polices in the Asia-Pacific region are impacting Vietnamese blue boats. We examine several aspects of IUU policy, including the effects of hardening marine borders in the Southeast Asian region and the increased surveillance of Vietnamese blue boats, to understand how such policies impact blue boat owners, captains, and workers. We find that under increased surveillance, fishers face greater precarity as they become subject to the legal and political actions of multiple states. When blue boats are caught outside Vietnamese waters, boat owners, captains, and workers face significant, albeit differentiated, livelihood challenges. We argue that policies designed to stop IUU or unsustainable fishing should also proactively address working conditions on blue boats; if not, policies may unwittingly cause problems for those directly involved in the industry, with hired workers facing particular hardships. For these reasons, Vietnam's IUU yellow card can also be seen as an opportunity for fisheries labor reforms.

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Blue boats in deep waters: how aspects of IUU policy impact Vietnamese fish workers

Alonso

Marschke

2023

Maritime Studies

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“…This integration is facilitated through organisational processes and activities (Yang, Jiang & Pu 2021 ). Studies consistently emphasise the detrimental consequences of an organisational climate that fails to promote decent work, often leading to unacceptable working conditions and adversely affecting employees’ physical and mental health (d’Errico et al 2022 ; Garcia-Lozano et al 2022 ; Kaya-Aytutuldu, Birinci & Tarakcı 2022 ; Yang et al 2021 ). A conducive organisational climate is indispensable, encouraging the physical health and holistic well-being of employees (Viitala, Tanskanen & Santtl 2015 ).…”

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Influence of organisational climate on public service employee physical health

Chigbu,

Chinyamurindi,

Marange

2024

Health SA Gesondheid

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Background: The working conditions in the South African public service, notably its challenging environment, pose significant threats to the physical health of employees. Calls exist in understanding how this can be addressed.Aim: The study investigated the predictors of physical health, accounting for the role of organisational climate and decent work.Setting: The study was conducted in Bisho in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.Methods: An instrument was administered through a survey using a sample of 289 respondents. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to test the hypothesised relationships.Results: No significant direct effect existed to show that the sounder an organisational climate, the better the physical health of employees will be (β = –0.014, t = –0.199, p = 0.843, 95% confidence interval [CI] [–0.153 to 0.125]). However, statistically significant evidence existed to show that the more focus on promoting decent work, the better the physical health of employees will be (β = 0.463, p = 0.001, 95% CI [0.258 to 0.668]). Finally, decent work has a full mediating effect on the relationship between organisational climate and employee physical health (β = 0.105, 95% CI [0.054 to 0.167]).Conclusion: Public service organisations need to pay attention to the role of its climate and decent working conditions in promoting employee physical health.Contribution: Interventions are needed centered on improving decent work and the organisational climate as identified predictors of employee physical health.

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“…In developing a strategic approach to tackling labour exploitation, Fudge emphasises that ‘it is important to learn from local actors, especially affected workers and their representatives, who are familiar with local regulatory and institutional frameworks’ (Fudge, 2020). Likewise, Lozano et al, (2022: 104922) emphasise the ‘unique insights’ of fishers and fish workers on addressing decent work deficits in the industry, given their lived experience. It is important to highlight that the perspectives reported in this work, derived from the participants themselves, may not be representative of the experiences of all fishers in the Irish fishing fleet.…”

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“…Wage disparities between migrant and non-migrant fishers have long been a feature of the industry in many jurisdictions (Lozano et al, 2022: 5). Similar findings emerged from this study with almost half of the participants revealing that they were paid less than others – particularly Irish and European Union (EU) citizens – on the boat performing the same work.…”

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“…However, there is a dearth of socio-legal literature incorporating workers’ perspectives on this process. This article is premised on the idea that ‘workers play a central role and have a voice in defining and achieving decent work’ (Lozano et al 2022). It explores the case study of non-European Economic Area (EEA) migrant fishers in Ireland, drawing on 24 qualitative interviews with fishers, together with information gathered through questionnaires to public bodies, as well as legal analysis.…”

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Workers’ Perspectives on State-Constructed Vulnerability to Labour Exploitation: Experiences of Migrant Fishers in Ireland

Murphy

Doyle

Thompson

2022

Social & Legal Studies

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This article examines migrant workers’ experiences of state-constructed vulnerability to labour exploitation, through the case study of non-European Economic Area (EEA) migrant fishers in Ireland. It draws on the findings of interviews with 24 migrant fishers, together with information obtained from public bodies and legal analysis. Building on the work of Mantouvalou, Zou, and others, we demonstrate that the Irish legal and policy framework – most importantly, immigration law – places migrant fishers in a position of ‘hyper-dependency’ and ‘hyper-precarity’ in their work relations. We outline how this state-constructed vulnerability to labour exploitation is experienced in practice through an in-depth account of the interviewees’ experiences of working conditions; immigration status; and racism and discrimination at work. In particular, the interviews reveal the work permit scheme for non-EEA fishers to be a powerful structure of exploitation, within which workers have little bargaining power and protective employment mechanisms are rendered ineffective.

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Decent work in fisheries: Current trends and key considerations for future research and policy

Cited by 31 publications

References 43 publications

Blue boats in deep waters: how aspects of IUU policy impact Vietnamese fish workers

Blue boats in deep waters: how aspects of IUU policy impact Vietnamese fish workers

Influence of organisational climate on public service employee physical health

Workers’ Perspectives on State-Constructed Vulnerability to Labour Exploitation: Experiences of Migrant Fishers in Ireland

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