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Industrial Fishing
 Industrial fishing is the most dangerous and among the hardest
of all jobs in the world. Equipment such as radars, sonars and
echo sounders are used to locate shoals of crabs or fish
often in the most extreme oceans. Whether it be fishing in tropical
seas facing the dangers of cyclones and typhoons, or enduring
freezing temperatures and drifting ice packs in polar regions.
Many ships
use hydraulic cranes to set and retrieve pots or nets. For
fishers
on such ships, work is tedious & tiring and extremely
hazardous. In addition to
managing and repairing nets, they must sort and clean the
catch.
On factory ships fish is processed and frozen onboard.
In such cases, the catch is collected by support vessels
which also bring fresh supplies allowing fishing vessels to
stay at sea for months without fishers ever having a chance
shore leave.
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Among seafarers, the fishers are the most forgotten ones. We
must stand by them, and their families in complete
solidarity whether they are industrial, artisanal or coastal
fishing communities. The traditional fishing communities
must be protected and given a voice in their affairs. All
fishing agreements that favour one group over another must
be denounced.
Mgr Jacques Harel, AOS International Office |
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