Thailand praised for progress in fishery reform

[snoop1130]

Thailand praised for progress in fishery reform

By THE NATION

 

 

Fifteen supermarkets and buyers in the US, UK and EU have sent a letter to Chalermchai Sreeon, Minister of Agricultural and Cooperatives, as well as the Royal Thai embassies abroad, praising Thailand for its progress in reforming the fishery industry and rectifying key pieces of legislation which have resulted in positive developments in its fishing practices.

 

The fifteen supermarkets and buyers are Albertsons Companies, Aldi Nord, Aldi South, Cargill, EDEKA, Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI), Kroger, Lidl International, Morrisons, REWE Group, Sainsbury’s, SEA Alliance, Tesco, Waitrose, and Whole Foods.

 

The letter said: “we, the undersigned businesses, congratulate the Royal Thai government on its significant efforts to reform and rectify key pieces of legislation which have resulted in positive developments in Thailand's fishing practices”.

 

In addition, the foreign companies said:“ They would continue to monitor and support collaboration between the government, seafood suppliers and civil society organisations to ensure that these crucial reforms continue to progress and be implemented effectively”.

 

The supermarkets and buyers urged the Thai government to continue its reform efforts and work constructively with national actors to achieve a transition towards a legal, ethical and sustainable fishing sector.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30381774

 

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[legend49]

Now can they sustain the reformed practices that's what the buyers CO-Op should be checking.

[Oziex1]

Thanks for the window dressing, now we can buy your cheap fish till it's fished out. 

[Srikcir]

Credit is due for Thailand's progress:

• Prayut's efforts to become IUU compliant have been largely successful through legislation and enforcement (albeit with some subsidies and government bailouts).
• Prayut improved safe and fair treatment of vessel workers by establishing a Business Ethics and Labor Code of Conduct with implementation by a Vessel Improvement Program (VIP) and Vessel Code of Conduct (VCoC).
• Thailand became the first country in Asia to ratify the Work in Fishing Convention, 2007 (No. 188) , which protects the living and working conditions of fishers on board vessels and to ensure that fishing vessels provide decent living conditions for fishers on board.
• Improve fight against human trafficking and human right abuses in the fishing industry related to foreign migrant workers by instituting pre-employment documentation processes and vessel documentation inspections to assure compliance; albeit the documentation program is more added bureaucratic "red tape" for migrants embedded with Catch-22 scenarios and "unintelligent" requirements that makes it more a work-in-progress solution.

The general reaction of fishing vessel owners has been outrage and threatened shutdown of the fishing industry - a sure sign that the government is going in the right direction.

[ParkerN]

33 minutes ago, Srikcir said:

Credit is due for Thailand's progress:

• Prayut's efforts to become IUU compliant have been largely successful through legislation and enforcement (albeit with some subsidies and government bailouts).
• Prayut improved safe and fair treatment of vessel workers by establishing a Business Ethics and Labor Code of Conduct with implementation by a Vessel Improvement Program (VIP) and Vessel Code of Conduct (VCoC).
• Thailand became the first country in Asia to ratify the Work in Fishing Convention, 2007 (No. 188) , which protects the living and working conditions of fishers on board vessels and to ensure that fishing vessels provide decent living conditions for fishers on board.
• Improve fight against human trafficking and human right abuses in the fishing industry related to foreign migrant workers by instituting pre-employment documentation processes and vessel documentation inspections to assure compliance; albeit the documentation program is more added bureaucratic "red tape" for migrants embedded with Catch-22 scenarios and "unintelligent" requirements that makes it more a work-in-progress solution.

The general reaction of fishing vessel owners has been outrage and threatened shutdown of the fishing industry - a sure sign that the government is going in the right direction.

 

Not sure you're right there. There's a lot of window dressing, but one should not confuse he creation of a law with compliance with that law. Successive Thai governments have been much more adept at accepting that laws are neither enforced nor complied with than with actually making progress. One should not forget that to the extent thate the Thai government has taken action, they have been forced to take action by foreign governments so right away we have the usual problem with Thais - create a law and then thumb your nose at the foreign governments by simply not enforcing it aand allowing boycotts and protests while holding up the statute as being proof of action taken. It Isn't.

 

This nonsense will continue until people start going to prison and the amartya won't have that. But I fear nothing useful will come of the pressure and stroking by foreign governments until people start going to prison.

 

 

[hotchilli]

18 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Thailand praised for progress in fishery reform

FORCED progress, hardly praised for voluntarily cleaning up its own act!

[RubbaJohnny]

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