South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organization Endorses Measures to Address Labor and Human Rights Abuses and Improve Monitoring, Control and Surveillance in Jumbo Flying Squid Fishery
The South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organization (SPRFMO) endorsed a historic decision on labor standards and human rights abuses at its annual meeting last week in Manta, Ecuador. The delegations also approved improved monitoring, control, and surveillance measures, but fell short of approving measures to include Spanish as an official language or address ecosystem impacts of large fleets. …