Globally, the EU plays a leading role in combating Illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing activities. Specifically, the EU exercises normative power to influence regulatory strategies and governing frameworks in third countries. In 2015, the EU issued Thailand a yellow card, indicating that economic sanctions would be implemented unless IUU fishing practices were eliminated. Concurrently, revelations about ‘modern slavery’ in Thailand’s fishing industry had received international attention, through media and NGOs, exposing slavery-like practices among migrant fishworkers. Conventionally, the EU IUU policy addresses only issues of catch and environmental sustainability. This paper explores how an initial bilateral dialogue was bifurcated into two dialogues: a Fishery Dialogue and a Labour Dialogue. Drawing on semi-structured interviews with involved actors, expert opinions, field-visits and secondary documents, we ask: How were labour issues integrated into the bilateral dialogue, and what consequences emerged from the IUU policy for Thai fisheries management? Tracing the bilateral dialogue between EU and Thai governments, we argue that Thailand’s fisheries reform was a result of both fisheries’ sustainability concerns and the kind of labour rights valued by the EU. Our Normative Power Europe approach shows how norms of labour rights shaped the reform through policies and implementation. We maintain that this unique case-study reveals how the EU incorporates a broad-based normative approach that goes beyond catch sustainability.

在全球范围内，欧盟在打击非法，不报告和不管制（IUU）捕鱼活动中发挥领导作用。具体而言，欧盟行使规范权，以影响第三国的监管策略和治理框架。2015年，欧盟向泰国发出了黄牌，表明除非取消IUU捕捞活动，否则将实施经济制裁。同时，关于泰国渔业中“现代奴隶制”的启示已通过媒体和非政府组织得到了国际关注，在移民渔业工人中暴露了类似奴隶制的做法。按照惯例，欧盟IUU政策仅解决渔获物和环境可持续性问题。本文探讨了如何将最初的双边对话分为两个对话：渔业对话和劳工对话。劳工问题如何纳入双边对话，以及IUU政策对泰国渔业管理产生了哪些后果？追溯欧盟与泰国政府之间的双边对话，我们认为泰国的渔业改革是渔业可持续性问题和欧盟所重视的劳工权利的结果。我们的欧洲规范力量方法展示了劳工权利规范如何通过政策和实施来影响改革。我们坚持认为，这一独特的案例研究揭示了欧盟如何融入超越可持续性的广泛基础规范方法。