Day: 12 May 2005

Fishing industry report confirms worst fears

The Mar­itime Union says the release of a Gov­ern­ment report into employ­ment con­di­tions in the New Zealand fish­ing indus­try has con­firmed its worst fears.

Mar­itime Union Gen­er­al Sec­re­tary Trevor Han­son says the report has shone light on dark places in regard to the treat­ment of over­seas crews.

“We are dis­ap­point­ed at the Gov­ern­ment response to the report con­sid­er­ing what is actu­al­ly going on onboard some of these trawlers.”