21 November 2016, Rome--- The global fisheries industry generates some $135 billion in export revenues each year, provides jobs or incomes to an estimated one in ten people on the planet, and is the source of 17 percent of all animal protein consumed worldwide. Despite progress at the national and international levels to promote sustainability in fisheries and combat such problems, labour protections often remain inadequate or unenforced. Jointly organized by FAO and the Holy See, the event “The violation of human rights within the fishing sector and illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing”, to mark World Fisheries Day 2016, calls on countries, international organizations, fisherfolk organizations and the fishing industry to work together to promote human rights and guarantee decent work in this critical economic and food-producing sector.