Seven crew members of Seabird a Kamchatka fishing vessel, which have been at anchor at Port Louis (Mauritius, Indian Ocean) for at least two recent years, issued a distress call, the North IR reports. The fishermen are begging for help in their letter, published in the media. The story is that the Cambodia-flagged Seabird vessel (built in 1985) was fishing in Mauritian waters this October. The harvest, they said, was about 230 tonnes of fish. 110 tons were shipped at the Port Louis. About 120 tons of frozen fish remained on board. So far, the crew have not been paid. Several of the crew had to leave for home almost at their own expense, without the money earned (employer paid for the ticket to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky). The fishermen feel distressed, the letter reads.
According to the crew, they were contracted in the city of Busan (South Korea) and now but their contracts have expired. The other day, the fishermen say, on of the crew was seriously hit while handling a fishing net and ws taken to hospital unconscious, but the sailors have no medical insurance.
According to the crew, they were contracted in the city of Busan (South Korea) and now but their contracts have expired. The other day, the fishermen say, on of the crew was seriously hit while handling a fishing net and ws taken to hospital unconscious, but the sailors have no medical insurance.