FISHING SAFETY
June 1st, 2004
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE INTERNATIONAL Labour Organisation (ILO) has started updating global health and safety standards for the fishing industry that have not been updated since 1966, some of which date back to 1920. ILO's committee on work in the fishing sector has now concluded preliminary discussions on revising these guidelines which would better take into account working conditions in the whole sector from smaller coastal vessels to larger deep-sea ships. This would increase to 90 per cent the proportion of fishermen covered by the standards, up from the current ...
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