Silwanus Tangkotta was working aboard a Taiwanese fishing boat in the remote Pacific last year, when a heavy wave slammed a ...

One day after nine people were indicted for allegedly abusing foreign crew members on one of its fishing vessels, Taiwan has pledged more than TW$2 billion (US$68.5 million) to improve conditions ...

Taiwan’s distant-water fishing fleet is one of the largest in the world, with more than a thousand vessels. Crews report widespread human rights abuses and illegal fishing practices. Photograph ...

TAIPEI • Taiwan's lucrative fishing industry has come under fire for subjecting its migrant workforce to forced labour and other abuses, contrasting with the government's promotion of the island ...

The Seafood Working Group, a coalition of NGOs that monitors abuses within global fishing fleets, estimates some 23,000 people work on Taiwan's deep water vessels.

A year-long Greenpeace investigation found that Taiwan’s tuna fishing industry is “out of control” – citing evidence for persistent shark finning, illegal tuna fishing, and forced labor ...

The Ministry of Agriculture’s Fisheries Agency on Sunday reiterated its commitment to protecting the rights of migrant ...

NEW TAIPEI CITY, Taiwan (AP) — Commercial fishing boat owners in Taiwan, one of the world's biggest seafood exporters, face strict rules and potential fines under a new law aimed ...

Rampant Fishing Industry Abuses Dull Taiwan's Rights Record. By By Amber Wang in Taipei and Ron Lopez in Manila Published 05/12/21 AT 11:03 PM EDT.

Taiwan's lucrative fishing industry has come under fire for subjecting its migrant workforce to forced labour and other abuses, contrasting with the government's promotion of the democratic island ...

Earlier this year it recommended Taiwan be downgraded in Washington's annual human trafficking report, citing wage deductions, forced labour, murder and the disappearance at sea of migrant fishers.

TAIPEI (AFP) - Taiwan's lucrative fishing industry has come under fire for subjecting its migrant workforce to forced labour and other abuses, contrasting with the government's promotion of the ...