With growing evidence of labor violations and exploitative working conditions in fisheries, ensuring decent work is imperative to protect fishers and fishworkers in the global seafood sector. This study provides the first evaluation of decent work in a shared, transboundary fishery – the shrimp and groundfish fishery of the Guianas-Brazil Shelf. Decent work in fisheries has gained increasing attention and research, yet gaps exist in our understanding of the elements of decent work, how we evaluate it, and how to enable decent work. To date, there has been limited analysis of decent work in a range of geographies and diverse fisheries contexts, including small-scale fisheries and transboundary fisheries. This study will address this gap by evaluating decent work, utilizing a new fishery-specific, holistic evaluation framework drawing from existing frameworks including the ILO Work in Fishing Convention (C188), the Monterey Framework for Social Responsibility, and the FAO Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries. This evaluation details country-level challenges that put fishers and fishworkers at risk in their occupation, including illegal fishing, vessel safety, and worker representation. This paper concludes with recommendations, to be advanced with a transboundary, regional approach, to ensure decent work and strengthen existing progress, including 1) addressing widespread illegal activities, 2) adopting fisheries-specific standards like C188, 3) implementing and enforcing policies at the country and regional level, and 4) ensuring worker representation and participation leveraging cooperatives and collectives.

随着越来越多的证据表明渔业中的劳工违规和剥削性工作条件，确保体面的工作对于保护全球海产品部门的渔民和渔业工人至关重要。这项研究首次评估了共享跨界渔业——圭亚那-巴西大陆架的虾和底层鱼类渔业中的体面工作。渔业中的体面劳动已获得越来越多的关注和研究，但在我们对体面劳动要素的理解、我们如何评估它以及如何实现体面劳动方面存在差距。迄今为止，在一系列地理和不同渔业环境中，包括小规模渔业和跨界渔业，对体面劳动的分析有限。本研究将通过评估体面劳动、利用新的渔业特定、综合评价框架借鉴了现有框架，包括国际劳工组织渔业工作公约 (C188)、蒙特雷社会责任框架和粮农组织保障可持续小规模渔业自愿准则。该评估详细介绍了使渔民和渔业工人在其职业中面临风险的国家级挑战，包括非法捕捞、船舶安全和工人代表。本文最后提出建议，通过跨界、区域方法推进，以确保体面工作并加强现有进展，包括 1) 解决广泛的非法活动，2) 采用 C188 等特定渔业标准，3) 在国家和地区层面，以及 4) 利用合作社和集体确保工人的代表性和参与。