Today is World Fisheries Day and this year the global call is for decent employment opportunities in the fisheries sector. To mark the occasion the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) is hosting an event entitled “Labour rights are human rights: working together to ensure the rights of fishers – fighting trafficking and forced labour in…
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