June 13, 2007

The Mari­time Uni­on says cash boun­ties being offered for miss­ing over­seas fish­ing crew mem­bers is extremely dan­ger­ous and is of dubi­ous leg­al­ity.

Mari­time Uni­on Gen­er­al Sec­ret­ary Tre­vor Han­son says he is con­cerned about a new trend that has private oper­at­ors front­ing up big money to track down miss­ing crew mem­bers.

An advert­ise­ment placed in the Otago Daily Times today offers an $1000 bounty for inform­a­tion about miss­ing crew mem­ber Kismo Pakistan who left his ves­sel the FV Oyang 70 in Duned­in on 5 June 2007.