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An International Conference made possible through the collaboration of the Chinese Regional Bishop Conference (CRBC), Stella Maris Taiwan (Taipei, Taichung, Kaohsiung), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Taiwan and Fisheries Agency.


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Participants from different countries and organizations arriving at the venue.
To commence the 3-day event, Cardinal Brislin presided over the Holy Mass which was attend by priests and some participants.

D  A  Y  .  1

Official Opening of the Taiwan International Conference on Fisher's Welfare

Welcoming addresses from religious and civil authorities

MOST REVEREND MARTIN YAO WEN SU

President of the Episcopal Commission for Migrants and Itinerant People  of the Chinese Regional Bishops Conference (CRBC) Bishop Promoter of Stella Maris in Taiwan. 🐟

MSGR. STEFANO MAZZOTTI

Vatican Charges d' Affairs to Taiwan 🐟

FR. JOY TAJONERA, MM

Secretary of the Episcopal Commission for Migrants and Itinerant People (ECMI)  of the Chinese Regional Bishops Conference (CRBC) and National Director of Stella Maris Taiwan 🐟

MRS. LUCIA LIN

President of Providence University - Taichung 🐟

Cardinal Vincent.mov

Video message of NICHOLS CARDINAL VINCENT GERARD, Metropolitan Archbishop of Westminster (England) & President of Santa Marta Group. 🐟

Welcoming address (in Mandarin and English) from H.E. PREMIER CHEN JIAN-REN 🐟

"I have witnessed the affliction of my people [...] and have heard their cry of complaint against their slave drivers ..." (Ex. 3:7)

BRISLIN H.E. CARDINAL STEPHEN

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cape Town, Kaapstad - South Africa 

The global situation of the fisheries industries and its labor force 

MR. MICHAEL O'BRIAN

ITF Fisheries Section International Transport Worker's Federation (ITF) - Ireland  🐟

Protecting migrant labor rights within distant-water fisheries sector: A comparative analysis of legal frameworks in North-East Asia 

PROFESSOR WEN-HONG LIU

Centre for Marine Affairs Studies, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology - Taiwan 

Social protection and health provisions for fishers where we are? 

MR. ROSSEN  KARAVATCHEV

Fisheries Coordinator, ITF Maritime Department - United Kingdom 🐟



TAIWAN GOVERNMENT AGENCIES

Taiwan legislations and regulations to advance the living and working conditions on board of Taiwanese Distant Fishing Vessels (DFV) 

FISHERIES AGENCY - TAIWAN

Services and protection offered to migrant's fishers in Taiwan national waters 

MINISTRY OF LABOR - TAIWAN 🐟

The new Anti-Trafficking Act a re-new instrument to fight against Human Trafficking 

NATIONAL IMMIGRATION AUTHORITY - (NIA) TAIWAN 🐟

TAIWAN DISTANT-WATERS FISHERIES INDUSTRY

TAIWAN TUNA ASSOCIATION 🐟

 TAIWAN SQUID & SAURY FISHERIES ASSOCIATION 🐟

TAIWAN TUNA LONGLINE ASSOCIATION 🐟

REACTING PANEL

Reaction to the presentation “Services and Protection Offered to Migrant Fishers in Taiwan National Waters” by the Ministry of Labor 

PANELIST: FR. HENDRIKUS ARIANTO UKAT, CS

Deputy Director of Migrant Workers' Concern Desk (MWCD) - Taiwan 🐟

D  A  Y  .  2

Environmental Destruction and Climate Change in fisheries 

JESSICA SPARKS

Researcher, University of Tufts, Boston, Massachusetts - USA 🐟

The concern of the Catholic Church for the spiritual and material welfare of the People of the sea 

MSGR. RUPERTO SANTOS, D.D.

Bishop of Antipolo & Bishop Promoter of Stella Maris Philippines - Philippines 🐟

Quantifying the true human cost of fishing: the FISHER project 

ERIC HOLLIDAY

CEO of Fisher Safety Foundation - New Zealand 🐟

Union Presentation

EL COMANDANTE SYOFYAN

Secretary General of Serikat Awak Kapal Transportasi (SAKTI) - Indonesia 🐟

Union Presentation

ILYAS PANGESTU ACHDIYANTO

Chairperson of Serikat Pekerja Perikanan (SPPI) - Indonesia 🐟

Union Presentation

LUMBAN GAUL DIOS

Maritime Department Coordinator, Serikat Buruh Migran Indonesia (SBMI) - Indonesia 🐟

Supporting national and regional efforts to promote safe, decent and worthwhile work on fishing vessels in the Pacific

SARAH LENEL

International Monitoring, Control Surveillance (IMCS) Network 🐟

Shining light on Stella Maris UK's mission; supporting migrant fishers against exploitation and trafficking 

TIM HILL

CEO Stella Maris - United Kingdom 🐟

COUNTRIES PRESENTATIONS

Countries Presentation

NINO MIKE D. TORREVILLAS

ITF Inspector Cebu - Philippines

Countries Presentation 

APINYA TAJIT

National Director of Stella Maris Sriracha - Thailand 🐟

Countries Presentation 

MARY KHIN

Karuna Mission Social Solidarity (KMSS), Yangon - Myanmar 🐟

Countries Presentation 

SOPHEAK TEK

Program Director for Anti-Human Trafficking Caritas - Cambodia 🐟

Countries Presentation

FR. PAUL (KIM) HYUNWOO

Port chaplain Incheon - South Korea 🐟

Migrant's fisher organizing challenges and opportunities: lessons learned from the Thailand ITF Fishers Rights Network 

JON HARTOUGH

SEA Regional Coordinator, ITF Fisheries Section International Transport Workers' Federation - Bangkok - Thailand 🐟

Wi-fi now, for fisher's rights at sea

JONATHAN PARHUSIP

Global Labor Justice & Hadi Indonesian Seafarers Gathering Forum (FOSPI) 🐟

D  A  Y  .  3

Ministering to the people of the sea in an interreligious and intercultural environment 

DR. JASON ZUIDEMA

General Secretary of International Christian Maritime Association (ICMA) - Canada 

There are some things about which we cannot be silent...

FR. PETER-JOHN PEARSON

Diector of the Catholic Parliamentary Liaison Office - South Africa 

A new alliance to combat trafficking and forced labor in the fisheries 

KEVIN HYLAND

Strategy Director (Global) of Santa Marta Group - Ireland 

Human trafficking financial investigations and sanctions 

NOONAN COLM

Detective Chief Superintendent of An Garda Siochana (Irish National Police)  - Ireland

ARISE - building the capacity of the frontline against modern slavery 

MARTIN FOLEY

CEO of ARISE Foundation - United Kingdom 🐟

Countries Presentation

FR. JACQUES HENRI DAVID

Director Stella Maris - Mauritius 🐟

Countries Presentation

FR. RICO TALISIC

Stella Maris National Director of South Africa and Port Chaplain in Cape Town - South Africa 🐟

Coastal Fishing Communities and climate change impacts 

SEBASTIAN MATHEW

Executive Director, International Collective in Support of Fisherworkers (ICSF) - India 🐟

Becoming Fishers of Men! 

PAUL GREEN

Chairman of SlaveCheck Foundation 

Australia 🐟

The impact of offshore wind turbines on the fisheries in Taiwan 

CHI-HUNG LIN

Assistant Professor, Providence University Taichung - Taiwan 🐟 

P  H  O  T  O     G  A  L  L  E  R  Y

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Taiwan International Conference on Fisher's Welfare

臺灣漁工福祉國際會議 

May 13-17, 2024

Taichung, Taiwan

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