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<\/a>The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) have released the first draft of a guidance document that aims to help policymakers and government authorities tackle the thorny issue of child labour in fisheries.<\/p>\nAccording to the two bodies in a statement December 23, 2011, activities in which children engage can range from actively fishing, cooking on boats, diving for reef fish or to free snagged nets, herding fish into nets, peeling shrimp or cleaning fish and crabs, repairing nets, sorting, unloading, and transporting catches, and processing or selling fish.<\/p>\n
While some of these activities are extremely dangerous, others are not \u2014 work performed by children and child labour are not necessarily the same thing, according to the FAO-ILO document.<\/p>\n
The document is titled \u201cFAO-ILO guidance for addressing child labour in fisheries and aquaculture: policy and practice.\u201d<\/p>\n
While child labour impairs children\u2019s well-being or hinders their education and development, the document says other types of work are not, and can even be beneficial to children of a certain a age interventions aimed at stemming child labour must be able to make this distinction.<\/p>\n
Bernd Seiffert, an official at FAO\u2019s Economic and Social Department said in the statement that \u201cThe FAO-ILO guidance document seeks to shed light on this issue , as well as on the nature, scope, causes and consequences of child labor in fisheries and aquaculture.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt also provides guidance to governments and development agencies in how to identify where child labour in fisheries and aquaculture is happening, sort out situations in which children are helping support family livelihoods from bad-practices, mainstream these considerations in national policies, and develop strategies for dealing with it,\u201d added Rolf Willman of FAO\u2019s Fisheries and Aquaculture Department.<\/p>\n
The document outlined the following as some of the recommendations:<\/p>\n
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Ensuring that national labour legislation provides full protection of children.<\/p>\n
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Promoting implementation of that legislation through incentives and enforcement mechanisms.<\/p>\n
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Involving local communities in tackling the issue<\/p>\n
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Supporting education and anti-poverty projects in communities at risk<\/p>\n
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Improving coordination between government agencies working on rural development, poverty and labour issues<\/p>\n
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Incorporating child labor considerations into \u201cport state measures\u201d use to check ships coming in to\u00a0 port<\/p>\n
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Establishing good programmes to promote safety-at-sea in the fishing sector that include issues of child labor<\/p>\n
However, the statement says FAO and ILO are currently seeking public feedback on the document in order to release a final version later next year (2012).<\/p>\n
By Ekow Quandzie<\/p>\n
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