Further steps could also be taken to address beneficial ownership of fishing vessels in the APEC region, disincentivise the use of flags of convenience, and promote the publication of vessel identities and authorisations in a centralised, digital and publicly accessible database. [...] Without the timely and substantive rollout of long-term training programmes for PIPO officials, the RTG and associated agencies risk losing essential knowledge and expertise in identifying and investigating both IUU fishing and human rights abuses in the fishing industry. [...] Withdraw the Not-for-profit Organisations Act: In January 2022, the Thai Cabinet approved in principle a draft law proposed by the Office of the Council of State, entitled the Draft Act on the Operations of Not-for-Profit Organizations (NPO) - hereby referred to as the ‘Act’. [...] EJF has recorded a number of successful amendments to fisheries regulations since the removal of the yellow card which can be argued to benefit the commercial fishing sector, restrict transparency in fisheries and reduce the ability of management agencies to scrutinise living and working conditions on board fishing vessels. [...] The ILO Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations (CEACR) published a Direct Request Letter for the 110th Session of the International Labour Conference highlighting the need to strengthen areas such as occupational safety and health and accident prevention, worker protections in cases of work-related sickness, injury or death and social security coverage.8 The Mig.
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