Inspired by Pope Benedict XVI, Dirk Demaeght, AoS chaplain and advocate for fishers in Belgium and Europe, speaks out for fishers in the ecological debate. He has submitted a paper to the International Christian Maritime Association website’s Fishers page. Drawing from the Bible, Catholic theology and the ecological debate, Demaeght says: It’s our mission [...]
While the ratification of the Fishing Convention 188 is a long way off, fishers continue to face severe difficulties. Peter Snow from ICMA member the Seafarers Welfare Board of New Zealand, represented ICMA at a meeting on the welfare of fishers held in Bali on October 4th 2012. The meeting was initiated by ICMA partners [...]
Douglas B. Stevenson, Director, Center for Seafarers’ Rights and Chairman of ICMA, visited Taiwan to raise local awareness of seafarers’ and fishers’ port welfare needs, and to explore ways for government and industry to work alongside non-governmental organisations to provide seafarers’ welfare facilities and services. Stevenson was hosted by the Taiwan Ministry of Foreign Affairs [...]
Ministry to seafarers faces three challenges: a more pronounced spiritual dimension to the ministry, a stronger presence among seafarers and more emphasis on involvement with fishers especially as far as justice issues are concerned. Chris Viljoen, port chaplain of ICMA member the Christian Seaman’s Organisation (CSO) working from the Port of Durban, South Africa, identified [...]
Fishers are vulnerable to forced labour and human trafficking. Father Bruno Ciceri will speak for fishers on our behalf at a meeting of the ILO to be held in Turin later this month to address injustices in the fishing industry. The International Christian Maritime Association has been invited by the United Nations’ International Labour Organisation [...]
Uncle Shin, an old salt, loves the blue sea and the blue sky. Yet his recent homecoming changed all that: all he remembers from sailing home alone on his son’s boat is the relentless blue. The July 2012 Newsletter of the P.C.T Seamen’s/Fishermen’s Service Center in Taiwan relates the bitter story of a fisher [...]
Monday, November 21st is International Fishers Day. In a statement the Chairman of ICMA, Douglas B. Stevenson of the Seamen’s Church Institute of New York and New Jersey, welcomes the day as an opportunity to highlight the contributions of the millions of men and women who work on fishing vessels around the world. Stevenson urges [...]
Fishing is among the world’s most ancient and most dangerous trades. Some ICMA folk dedicate the 21st of November to fishers. The World Fishers Day campaign aims at highlighting the plight of fisherfolk to the public and to further their advocacy for fishers’ rights. ICMA members the Royal National Mission to Deep Sea Fishers, PCT [...]
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