09-08-16, 12:40 PM
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Gefallen Engel U-666
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Bumping a serious thread!
In todays news: What lies 2 sell dead fish! http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/09/08/foreign-fishermen-confined-to-boats-catch-hawaiian-seafood.html
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Hawaii's high-quality seafood is sold with the promise that it's caught by local, hard-working fishermen. But the people who haul in the prized catch are almost all undocumented foreign workers, confined to American boats for years at a time without basic rights or protections.
About 700 men from impoverished Southeast Asian and Pacific Island nations make up the bulk of the workforce in this unique U.S. fishing fleet. A federal loophole allows them to take the dangerous jobs without proper work permits, just as long as they don't set foot on shore.
Americans buying Hawaiian seafood are almost certainly eating fish caught by one of these workers.
A six-month Associated Press investigation found fishing crews living in squalor, paid 70 cents per hour, on some boats, forced to use buckets instead of toilets and suffering running sores from bed bugs. There have been instances of human trafficking, active tuberculosis and low food supplies. Their catch ends up at fancy restaurants and in supermarkets' premium fish counters across the country, including Whole Foods, Costco and Sam's Club.
All companies that responded condemned the mistreatment of workers. Costco said it was investigating. Wal-Mart, which owns Sam's Club, declined to comment.
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<In this March 23, 2016, A Honolulu Fish Auction worker receives fish from a U.S. fishing vessel crewed by foreign fishermen at Pier 38 in Honolulu. A single yellowfin tuna can fetch more than $1,000, and vendors market the catch as "sustainable seafood produced by Hawaii’s hard-working fishermen."
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"Ask, where did this fish come from? Is it the kind of fish that you got from someone in slavery?"
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Indeed!Well...there goes my'healthful' ahi tuna burger on sourdough at the local Hamburger Habit till I'm positive the matter is cleared up!
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