FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin On 5 June 2026, the Government of Iceland deposited with the Director-General of the International Labour Office the instruments of ratification of the Work in Fishing Convention, 2007 (No. 188) and the Safe and Healthy Working Environment (Consequential Amendments) Convention, 2023 (No. 191). With these ratifications, Iceland joins Denmark and Norway as the Nordic countries that have ratified Convention No. 188. Iceland reaffirms its commitment to decent work in the fishing sector, a pillar of its economy, history and coastal communities. It also adds an important social dimension to Iceland’s long-standing approach to sustainable fisheries management, recognizing that sustainability includes the rights, safety and dignity of fishers. RelatedNews HHI and BV to develop real-time system to curb containership rolling Sallaum Lines takes delivery of two LNG-dual fuel PCTCs var jnews_module_21374943_0_6a27d9980ca35 = {"header_icon":"","first_title":"Related","second_title":"News","url":"","header_type":"heading_8","header_background":"","header_secondary_background":"","header_text_color":"","header_line_color":"","header_accent_color":"","header_filter_category":"","header_filter_author":"","header_filter_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_post_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_tribe_events_cat":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_category":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_tag":"","header_filter_text":"All","sticky_post":false,"sticky_post_filter":false,"post_type":"post","content_type":"all","sponsor":false,"number_post":"2","post_offset":0,"unique_content":"unique1","include_post":"","included_only":false,"exclude_post":"21374943","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"473,1567,2577,158,2339","exclude_tag":"","exclude_visited_post":false,"post_tag":"","tribe_events_cat":"","web_story_category":"","web_story_tag":"","sort_by":"latest","show_date":"","date_format":"default","date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","pagination_mode