Minimum Age (Fishermen) Convention, 1959

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Minimum Age (Fishermen) Convention, 1959
Date of adoption	June 19, 1959
Date in force	November 7, 1961
Classification	Fishermen
Subject	Fishermen
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Minimum Age (Fishermen) Convention, 1959 is an International Labour Organization Convention.

It was established in 1959, with the preamble stating:

Having decided upon the adoption of certain proposals with regard to the minimum age for admission to employment as fishermen,...^[1]

[edit] Ratifications

**The following countries have ratified this Convention:**
Country	Date	Notes
Australia	June 15, 1971
Ecuador	March 10, 1969
Guatemala	August 2, 1961
Liberia	May 16, 1960
Mauritania	November 8, 1963
Mexico	August 9, 1961
Peru	April 4, 1962
Suriname	June 15, 1976

The convention was later obsoleted by the Minimum Age Convention, 1973, resulting in its denunciation by most of its signatories (not listed above - see [1] for a complete list).