June 12, 2006

As the Mari­time Uni­on fights for the rights of sea­farers in New Zea­l­and waters, a new report from the Inter­na­tion­al Trans­port Work­ers’ Fed­er­a­tion (ITF) to the United Nations paints a dis­turb­ing pic­ture of abuses of human rights at sea.
The report names the case of the ‘Sky 75’ in New Zea­l­and waters as one of “ruth­less exploit­a­tion of fish­ing crews.”
The New Zea­l­and ITF and Mari­time Uni­on took action when 10 Indone­sian crew left the Korean registered fish­ing ves­sel ‘Sky 75’ in the Port of Nel­son in Septem­ber 2005.