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Taipei, April 9 (CNA) Global environmental campaigning network Greenpeace held a rally in front of the Fisheries Agency in downtown Taipei on Friday to demand better pay and labor conditions for distant seas migrant fishermen working on Taiwan-owned boats.
Greenpeace on Friday called for better pay and working conditions for distant-water migrant fishers in a rally outside the Fisheries Agency’s building in Taipei.
Supporters at the event laid white flowers on top of a makeshift coffin next to a replica boat cabin painted with the letters “SOS.”
Yuton Lee (李于彤), oceans campaigner from Greenpeace East Asia’s Taipei Office, said that migrant workers on Taiwanese-owned distant-water fishing vessels do not receive the same pay as coastal and offshore fishers, and lack the full rights they are entitled to under international conventions, while measures to prevent forced labor are inadequate.
Fisheries Agency data showed