On 15 May 2017, the Belgian Ambassador His Excellency Patrick Herman visited FIHRRST's office to receive the report on the International Conference on Human Rights Protection in the Fishing Industry that was held on 27 March 2017.

FIHRRST Co-founders, Marzuki Darusman and James Kallman were on hand to make the presentation and thanked the Ambassador for the support from the Belgian Government on the protection of Human Rights in the Indonesian fishing industry.

During the visit, the implementation plan of the ministerial regulation on the fisheries human rights certification, FIHRRST's activities in general, and possible areas for future collaboration were also discussed.