Silwanus Tangkotta was working aboard a Taiwanese fishing boat in the remote Pacific last year, when a heavy wave slammed a ...

Forced labor and illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing continue to be pervasive in Taiwan's distant water fishing industry, Greenpeace said in a report released on Monday. From 2019 to this year ...

Moreover, the themes explored in "Happy Fisherman" echo the evolution of Taiwan's fishing industry and its fishing harbours, reflecting the dynamic interplay between sustainability, cultural ...

Fish caught by vessels bearing Taiwan’s national flag have been classified as products of forced labor, based on the conditions under which the crews work, an annual report by the US Department of ...

The United States is halting imports from a Taiwan-based fishing vessel that reportedly has supplied the global tuna trading company that acquired Bumble Bee Seafoods this year ...

Accounts of abusive conditions and forced labor have prompted the U.S. to halt imports from a Taiwan-based fishing vessel that reportedly has supplied the global tuna trading company that acquired ...

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — A new paper has been published this week detailing the human rights abuses of workers on board Taiwanese coastal and deep water fishing industry vessels.

Taiwan’s unscrupulous fishing vessel operators may begin to think twice following the September 2018 impoundment of Fuh Sheng No. 11, an illegally-operating distant water fishing vessel, by ...

Commercial fishing boat owners in Taiwan, one of the world's biggest seafood exporters, face strict rules and potential fines under a new law aimed at preventing overfishing and protecting migrant ...

The issues extend well beyond Taiwan. Commercial fishing boat owners around the world, including the U.S., recruit foreign crews for the dangerous and exhausting work of hauling in the catch.

A year-long Greenpeace investigation found that Taiwan’s tuna fishing industry is “out of control” – citing evidence for persistent shark finning, illegal tuna fishing, and forced labor ...

The Taiwan–Japan agreement took 16 rounds of negotiations over the course of 17 years to come to fruition. There is no reason to fast track a Philippines–Taiwan fisheries agreement, especially if ...