Regulation no. 42/PERMEN-KP/2016 on fishers' work agreement for fishing vessels seafarers.

This Regulation, consisting of 52 articles and implementing article 42 (2) point e of the Law no. 31 of 2004 on Fisheries and its amendments and article 5 (2) c of the Regulation of Marine Affairs and Fisheries Minister no. 35/PERMENKP/ 2015 on System and Human Rights Certification in Fisheries Business, provides for regulating fishers’ work agreement for fishing vessels seafarers. The Regulation defines the following terms: fisheries; fishers’ work agreement; fishing; fishing vessel; fisher; skipper; fishers agency; fishing vessel owner; Regional Fisheries Management of the Republic of Indonesia (RFMRI), as a fishery management area for fishing that includes internal waters, the archipelagic waters, territorial sea, contiguous zone and exclusive economic zone of Indonesia; insurance. The Regulation aims at ensuring the fulfilment of the employment terms and security insurance for the fishers of the fishing vessels and at providing protection for the fishers from occupational risks. Matters covered by this Regulation include: establishment of fishers’ work agreement, definition of its jurisdiction, including RFMRI, high seas and waters of other countries and also covering fishers working on board foreign-flagged fishing vessel; types of fishers’ work agreement; working terms and conditions on board the vessels, including: health standards, minimum age, availability of food and water during fishing operations; implementation of fishers’s work agreement, including issuance of permits, certification and competent authority; conditions for termination of employment, including involvement in illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (IUU); administrative sanctions.