Press Release: Commission adopts proposal by social partners to improve the working conditions in the fishing sector

On 29 April 2016, the European Commission adopted a proposal for a Directive which aimed at improving the working conditions for workers in the fishing sector.

In 2013, the EU social partners in the fishing sector reached an agreement, which proposed to align EU law with the "Work in Fishing" Convention 2007 of the International Labour Organisation (ILO). Once adopted by the European Council, this directive implemented the social partner agreement, which provided for a higher level of protection of EU fishermen.