The Decent Work in Fisheries Initiative works to address the following questions:
– How might we use qualitative case study information to assess trends in violations of ILO Rights at Work and Decent Work in marine wild-capture fisheries?
– How might we define and measure thresholds for ILO Rights at Work and Decent Work in marine wild-capture fisheries?
– How might we identify the suite of conditions and drivers that interact and combine to produce exploitative labor situations and decent work?
The research will aim to understand these different factors and how they work together to create even more problematic outcomes (such as forced labor), which would help provide context and validation for the Global Slavery Index, and other models at the country level, and ultimately, inform policies, practices, and ratifications of conventions that are needed to protect workers.