PRIVATE SECTOR ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITY : Anti Human Trafficking,

Anti IUU Fishing and

Promoting Sustainable Fishing

Dr.Chanintr Chalisarapong

Director of Board of Trade of Thailand

President of Thai Tuna Industry Association

PART I : Commercial Figures

PART II : Private Sectors Commitments in

Promoting International Ethical

Standard

PART II : Enabling Sustainability through

Engagement and Advocacy

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PART I : Commercial Figures

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Source : www.moc.go.th Prepared by : Thai Tuna Industry Association

2013 2014 2013 2014

World 550,884 595,479 8 100 2,651 2,378 -10 100

U.S.A. 103,758 111,124 7 19 516 460 -11 19

Middle east +

Africa236,973 287,666 21 48 1028 996 -3 42

EU (27) 64,867 44,919 -31 8 335 200 -40 8Japan +

Australia &

Ocenia

91,494 96,124 5 16 483 446 -8 19

Other 53,792 55,646 3 9 289 276 -5 12

World 64,381 65,530 2 100 211 213 1 100

U.S.A. 8,629 7,680 -11 12 24 23 -2 11

Middle east +

Africa547 742 36 1 1 2 24 1

EU (27) 9,073 10,936 21 17 42 53 25 25

Japan +

Australia &

Ocenia

57,478 56,066 -2 86 179 166 -7 78

Other -11,346 -9,893 -13 -15 -36 -31 -14 -14

615,265 661,009 7 100 2,861 2,591 -9 100

2309.10.

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ProductH.S.

Code

2012

Country

Quantity (Ton)%

Growth

%

share

2014

Total of Tuna Products 1+2

Value (milion USD)%

Growth

1. Canned

Tuna +

Tuna Loin

1604.14

2. Tuna

Petfood

%

share

2014

Export Of Thai's Tuna Products to Main Market in 2013/2014

Source : www.moc.go.th Prepared by : Thai Tuna Industry Association

Jan - June

2014

Jan - June

2015

Jan - June

2014

Jan - June

2015

World 294,239 281,027 -4 100 1,189 1,014 -15 100U.S.A. 52,414 40,970 -22 15 212 156 -27 15Middle east

+Africa137,219 146,228 7 52 499 454 -9 45

EU (27) 22,875 22,848 0 8 103 92 -10 9Japan +

Australia &

Ocenia

47,396 46,781 -1 17 221 191 -13 19

Other 34,334 24,200 -30 9 154 121 -22 12

World 33,233 32,720 -2 100 109 101 -7 100U.S.A. 4,006 3,728 -7 11 12 12 6 12

Middle east

+Africa 1,114 650 -42 2 2 1 -49 1

EU (27) 5,336 6,102 14 19 26 28 8 27Japan +

Australia &

Ocenia

29,584 26,477 -11 81 89 78 -12 77

Other -6,806 -4,237 -38 -13 -19 -18 -8 -18

327,472 313,747 -4 100 1,298 1,115 -14 100

Country

Quantity (Ton)%

Growth

%

share

2015

Total of Tuna Products 1+2

Value (milion USD)%

Growth

1. Canned

Tuna +

Tuna Loin

1604.14

2. Tuna

Petfood

%

share

2015

2309.10.

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Product

H.S.

Code

2012

Export Of Thai's Tuna Products to Main Market in Jan-Jun 2014/2015

Thai Import of Frozen Raw Tuna from the World in 2013/2014

2013 2014 2013 2014

Albacore 0303.41.00 48,482 50,328 4 7 122 145 18 13

Yellowfin 0303.42.00 105,488 97,831 -7 14 244 178 -27 16

Skipjack 0303.43.00 577,073 520,050 -10 75 1,197 751 -37 68

Bigeye 0303.44.00 15,568 17,412 12 3 34 28 -18 3

other 0303.49.00 6,503 8,306 28 1 9 9 2 1

753,114 693,927 -8 100 1606 1110 -31 100

H.S. Code

Total Frozen Tuna

%

GrowthProduct

Quantity (Ton)%

Growth

Value (Million USD)%

Share

2014

%

Share

2014

Source : www.moc.go.th Prepared by : Thai Tuna Industry Association

Thai Import Of Frozen Raw Tuna from the World in Jan-Jun 2014/2015

Jan-June

2014

Jan-June

2015

Jan-June

2014

Jan-June

2015

Albacore 0303.41.00 28,442 16,685 -41 5 79 51 -36 12

Yellowfin 0303.42.00 57,783 55,540 -4 18 103 87 -15 21

Skipjack 0303.43.00 269,465 229,351 -15 72 362 259 -28 63

Bigeye 0303.44.00 11,488 12,409 8 4 17 9 -46 2

other 0303.49.00 3,375 2,772 -18 1 4 3 -15 1

370,553 316,757 -15 100 565 410 -27 100Total Frozen Tuna

%

Growth

%

share

2015

Product

Quantity (Ton)%

Growth

Value (Million USD)

H.S.Code

%

share

2015

Source : www.moc.go.th Prepared by : Thai Tuna Industry Association

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Private Sectors Commitments

In Promoting International

Ethical Standard

1. Tuna and Seafood Entrepreneurs’ Policy

Commitment on Ethical Code Of Conduct

() Yes health and safety

() Yes freedom of association and right to collective

bargaining

() Yes remuneration

() Yes welfare and benefit

(X) No child labour

(X) No forced and compulsory labour practices

(X) No discrimination

(X) No disciplinary unfair punishment

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2. Good Labor Practice (GLP) for Tuna and Seafood Processing Industry with ILO

• GLP based on voluntary basis to promote compliance for Thai

labor law and international labor standards.

• November 2013 - March 2015, TTIA had collaborated with

International Labor Organization (ILO), Social Welfare and Labor

Protection Department, Fishery Department and Thai Frozen Food

Association to organize ILO-GLP training project for tuna and

seafood processing factories.

• In 2015, TTIA in collaboration with Thai Fishery Producers

Coalition have a plan to proceed “GLP Continuous Improvement

Project” with the aim to push sustainable compliance of local and

international labour standards for processing factories and their

supply chain.

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3. Implementation and Monitoring Toward Ethical Standard Audited by Third Party

List of Ethical Standards

- Thai Labour Standard: Corporate Social Responsibility of Thai Business TLS 8001-2010 (B.E.2553) by Ministry of Labour

- CSR – DIW

- Sedex Ethical Trade

- BSCI (Business Social Compliance Initiative)

- ICA (ICA SOCIAL AUDIT : Primary Production Third Party Audit)

- ICS (Initiative Clause sociale)

- ETI (Ethical Trading Initiative)

- Supplier Code of Conduct MARS

- Supplier Code of Conduct AEON

- Safeway Global Sourcing/ Intertek

- McDonald’s Social Accountability

- SYSCO Corporation (BSCC)

- WALMART Ethical Standard

TTIA and NGOs Cooperation

1. ISSF International Seafood Sustainability Foundation – Sustainability

2. FOS Friend of the Sea / EII Earth Island Institute – Sustainability and Ethical Standard

3. MSC Marine Stewardship Council – Sustainability

4. Finnwatch– Ethical Standard

5. MWRN Migrant Worker Rights Network – Ethical Standard

6. LPN Labour Rights Promotion Network – Ethical Standard

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- Complaint Platform Workshop: TTIA, TFFA and TFPA jointly with Migrant Worker

Right Network (MWRN) organize continuously an activity to promote understanding

and trust among the employers and migrant workers including brainstorming for

solutions on various labor issues.

--The 1st workshop held on 19-20 Dec 2014 in Samutsakhon --The 2nd workshop held on 6-7 August 2015 in Samutsakhon

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4. Complaint Mechanism Activity

- Setting up a joint committee on

social security welfare

- Installing a complaint box

- Training labor on GLP and rights

- Hot line by TFPC in cooperation with LPN Labour Rights Promotion Network

Foundation, in both Thai and Myanmarese speakers.

5. Social Accountability

TTIA as a part of TFPC in cooperation with the

human right NGOs improve and promote the quality

of life and welfare of the labour and their children

who form a part of the industry.

- Supporting finance to hire teachers to teach migrant

labors’ children to improve their learning process

and prepare them for the Thai education system.

- Supporting scholarships to students in the education

project for alien child labour.

- Supporting child care centre

- Arranging annually activities for children in the

occasion of Children Day and Against Child

Labour’s Day.

- International migrants day activities: TFPC, MWRN

and state enterprises workers’ relations

confederation (SERC) jointly organized activities to

celebrate the UN’s international migrants day on 18

December 2014. 13

Enabling Sustainability

through

Engagement and Advocacy

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1. Private Sectors Commitment to support the government

policy in combating Human Trafficking and IUU Fishing

16 June 2015 at Dusit Thani hotel

- Advocate, promote, and strictly comply with relevant legislations,

including the Fisheries Act (2015) and the Anti-human trafficking

no. 2 (2015)

- Ban fishing vessels which non compliance towards legislations

- Law enforcement

- Transparency and Accountability

• The Thai Tuna Industry Association (TTIA) takes the recent issuing of a yellow card by the EU

commission very seriously and wishes to convey that our association is being proactive in

resolving the concerns that have been brought up. The TTIA would like to clarify that the tuna

that is received and processed in member facilities is primarily from the western/ central pacific

ocean and indian ocean which is under the control and management of their respective regional

fisheries management organizations (RFMO's). TTIA members strictly follow the RFMO's

guidelines and listings of IUU vessels and would only purchase fish from vessels registered

within the RFMO's jurisdiction.

• In addition, TTIA members follow strict chain of custody and control protocols on the

fish that they purchase to ensure that a stringent and transparent tracking from catching vessel

to carrier and onwards to the processing facility and final market is monitored and documented

at every stage of the operation. This involves EU approved competent authorities monitoring and

approving at the transshipment port, the flag state of the vessel verifying and confirming the

registration and fishing activity of the fishing vessel, monitoring the discharge of the carrier in

Thailand as well as final confirmation by the Thai department of fisheries prior to export to the

EU that all documents are in compliance.

• TTIA continues to work closely with the Thai government to strengthen the legal

framework of fisheries management legislation to improve monitoring, control,

inspection and surveillance capacities. The Thai government is moving quickly in amending

and implementing the necessary changes to comply and address the EU commission's concerns.

We are confident that our efforts will yield positive results in the very near future and will issue

further updates as we progress along our path to full compliance. 16

2. TTIA Statement towards a Yellow Card by the EU

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WE ARE A CONVENER of common interests

FACILITATOR of dialogue

PROMOTER of science-based

approaches that can be practically

applied

PARTNER advocating for continuous

improvement across global tuna

stock and their ecosystems

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Strategic Objective

To improve sustainability of global tuna stocks by developing and implementing verifiable, science-based practices, commitments and international management measures that result in tuna fisheries meeting the MSC certification standard1 without conditions, and becoming the industry standard for vessel owners, traders, processors and marketers.

ISSF Strategic Plan provides the road map

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ISSF

Participating Companies

Environmental Stakeholder

Groups

Government & Regulatory

Bodies

Scientists

Vessels

Foundations

Retailers

Non Participating Companies

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