Rising fuel prices and a labour shortage are posing dual challenges for the fishing industry in the north-central province of Quang Tri. What are local fishermen doing to continue heading offshore?
A seminar aimed at improving the effectiveness of management activities and supporting labourers in the fishing industry was organised by the Labour Management Board and the Vietnamese Embassy in the Republic of Korea (RoK) on November 29.
The south central province of Binh Thuan, one of the four largest fishing grounds in Vietnam, has achieved many positive achievements amid the pandemic.
As many as 83 fishermen went missing in Indonesian seas for six months from December 2020 to June 2021, recorded Indonesia's Destructive Fishing Watch (DFW).
Thai Labour Minister Adul Sangsingkeo said the Myanmar authorities have agreed to send more workers to Thailand to work in the fishing industry through a government's MoU scheme to help with labour shortages.
Thailand’s Labour Minister Adul Saengsingkaew plans to invite officials from Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, and Vietnam, to discuss cooperation on migrant worker employment in order to deal with the shortages of labour in Thailand's fishing industry.
Thailand's Foreign Ministry and Office of the Attorney General have held a joint press conference on illegal fishing and human trafficking in Thailand.
Officials and police from Myanmar, Thailand, Indonesia and Cambodia met in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar on October 18 to discuss cooperation in fighting human trafficking and labour exploitation.
Indonesian Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Minister Susi Pudjiastuti has reiterated her support for Indonesia’s tough policy forbidding foreign companies from investing in the local fishing business.
