Blue Bonds: New Initiative for Our Oceans

... – especially revenues from the fishing industry and marine-coastal tourism – ... catalyst for growth. The fishing industry alone generates over Rp 102 ... (1.5 percent) or Thailand (0.7 percent). A ... Indonesia's marine-coastal tourism industry could be worth $3 ...

Activists Warn of Gaps as EU Lifts Ban Threat on Thai Fishing Industry

... increased fines for violations. Thailand has introduced modern technologies – ... it recognized efforts by Thailand to tackle human ... conditions in the fishing sector. Thailand voted in December ... decent work in the fishing industry – becoming the first ...

The Final Frontier: Who Owns the Oceans and Their Hidden Treasures?

... increasingly under threat. In southern Thailand, a tourism boom is pitting ... rethink of the island's fishing industry, he said, with the government ... -dollar seafood industry has come under scrutiny – particularly in Thailand – after investigations ...

Japan to Help Build Fish-Processing Centers in Indonesia

... and fisheries centers. The Indonesian fishing industry has seen rising production over ...  slow progress in mechanizing the fishing industry is one of the factors ... successful crackdown on illegal fishing in its waters. Thailand and Vietnam are ...

Thailand Banks on Tech to End Slavery at Sea as Workers Push for Rights

... (TMFG). Under growing consumer pressure, Thailand has introduced a raft of ... abuses in its multibillion-dollar fishing industry. It is one of a ... to ban fish exports from Thailand, and the US State ... ITF's fisheries section. Thailand's ratification this month of ...

Data-Bait: Using Tech to Hook Globe's Multi-Billion-Dollar Fishing Cheats

... the vessel headed to Thailand, which pledged to investigate ... is rampant in the global fishing industry, experts say, where illegal, ... unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing is estimated to cost $23 ... no longer vanish. "The industry is developing very fast ... ...

Southeast Asia's Idyllic Islands Buckle Under Tourism Strain

... may come from government, or industry or from NGO-driven community ... of the Tourism Authority of Thailand's Phuket office, said ... transformed it from a picturesque fishing village to a town ... nightlife and high crime rate. Thailand's tourism ministry expects 37 ...

Southeast Asia's Idyllic Islands Buckle Under Tourism Strain

... may come from government, or industry or from NGO-driven community ... of the Tourism Authority of Thailand's Phuket office, said ... transformed it from a picturesque fishing village to a town ... nightlife and high crime rate. Thailand's tourism ministry expects 37 ...

Thai Businesses Must Act to Curb Abuses at Home and Abroad: UN

Bangkok. Thailand's fishing industry has made significant ... abusive practices in the fishing industry, but the glass is ... forced labor in the fishing industry, including abusive working conditions ... and their children in Thailand are exposed to violence ...

Fishermen Long for Justice as Thailand Comes Under UN Scrutiny

... third largest seafood exporter, Thailand's fishing industry employs more than 300,000 ... by allegations of abuses. The industry is under further international scrutiny ... range of businesses in Thailand, including the fishing and seafood sectors. Speaking ...