Observation (CEACR) - adopted 1995, published 82nd ILC session (1995)

Minimum Age (Fishermen) Convention, 1959 (No. 112) - Liberia (Ratification: 1960)

Article 2, paragraph 1, of the Convention. Further to its previous comments regarding the absence of measures imposing minimum age of 15 years for employment in fishing vessels, the Committee notes the Government's statement in its most recent report that it now considers that Liberian Maritime Law and its sections 51(1) and 326(1) apply to fishing vessels, contrary to the position it had expressed since 1973 and the promises it had made to take measures to correct the situation. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would provide indications on the measures taken to apply the application of the provisions of the Maritime Law to fishing vessels.

[The Government is asked to report in detail in 1996.]