RIGHTING THE WRONGS OF OVERFISHING AND ILLEGAL FISHING

Fishing rights must respect human rights. The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF) believes that the development of responsible and sustainable fisheries is only possible if the political, civil, social, economic, and cultural rights of fishing communities and wider society are addressed in an integrated manner. Industrialised overfishing and illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing by industrial vessels is a scourge on everyone's human rights, but especially on the right to life and livelihood in communities that depend on small-scale artisanal (SMART) fishery activities.