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    Fishery industry faces acute labour shortage

    BANGKOK, 19 June 2017 (NNT) – Members of the fisheries industry have lamented a labor shortage of up to 74,000 people with as many as 4,000 ships docked due to a lack of workers, saying discussions are to be held with Myanmar to attract immigrant laborers.

    Vice President of the Thai Fisheries Association Sarawut Towasakul has made known fishers across the nation are suffering under a shortage of laborers with figures from a survey taken on June 12 indicating a shortfall of up to 74,000 people and up to 30 percent of boats, or 4,000 fishing vessels, having to remain docked because of the lack of workers.

    He noted however that the Department of Employment under the Ministry of Labor has scheduled a discussion with the Myanmar government this June 29 to July 1 to seek the legal immigration of laborers. The state has set minimum wage for fisheries laborers at between 10 and 12,000 baht or 350 baht per day as well as required medical expenses and housing be covered.

    The fisheries association has pointed out that if the labor shortage continues, seafood products over the next 3-4 months could rise by 50 percent.

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    Som Nam na!

    You can't literally slave your employees without consequences, Thai fish boats earned a well deserved bad reputation... Now that forced labour is more difficult to inflict, they struggle.

    350 bahts a day may sound attractive but it's 24/7, when you take into account the risks involved if you don't get along with the captain or colleagues well it's not a so good deal

    If the labour shortage could give some rest to fishes stock that would be even better

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    Quote Originally Posted by Farang Ky Ay View Post
    Som Nam na!

    You can't literally slave your employees without consequences, Thai fish boats earned a well deserved bad reputation... Now that forced labour is more difficult to inflict, they struggle.

    350 bahts a day may sound attractive but it's 24/7, when you take into account the risks involved if you don't get along with the captain or colleagues well it's not a so good deal

    If the labour shortage could give some rest to fishes stock that would be even better
    Yep. Hopefully will give existing(?) fish stocks a bit of respite.

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    Damn if anchovies go up in price there goes my retirement plan

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    Quote Originally Posted by Farang Ky Ay View Post
    Som Nam na!

    You can't literally slave your employees without consequences, Thai fish boats earned a well deserved bad reputation... Now that forced labour is more difficult to inflict, they struggle.

    350 bahts a day may sound attractive but it's 24/7, when you take into account the risks involved if you don't get along with the captain or colleagues well it's not a so good deal

    If the labour shortage could give some rest to fishes stock that would be even better
    I've been on a Thai boat well into the Ao Thai, and you wouldn't leave a dog on most of 'em...
    Jolly chaps, but scary stuff in the little engine rooms. The other thing is that the Ao Thai seems like a desert, overfished, so a downturn mightn't actually hurt.
    Burmese seem to be far better at the maritime thing, they just seem to take everything a bit more seriously, and are a bit more switched on (as a stereotype).

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    [QUOTE=Farang Ky Ay;3564117]Som Nam na!

    You can't literally slave your employees without consequences, /QUOTE]gottac laugh eh.the xenophobic fuckers treat the Burmese and Cambodians as illegal scum yet forget that they need them to do all the shitty jobs that somchai wont do .No wonder there slave pool is staying well the fuck away. Daft counts Thais. The Laos aren't much different. They get to have Viet workers while complaining about to many foreigners taking there jobs. I really wonder about this whole ASEAN thing somebody has dreamed up. There's fuck all solidarity amongst any of the fookers

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    Quote Originally Posted by Farang Ky Ay View Post
    Som Nam na!

    You can't literally slave your employees without consequences, Thai fish boats earned a well deserved bad reputation... Now that forced labour is more difficult to inflict, they struggle.

    350 bahts a day may sound attractive but it's 24/7, when you take into account the risks involved if you don't get along with the captain or colleagues well it's not a so good deal

    If the labour shortage could give some rest to fishes stock that would be even better
    They might figure this out some day [or not].
    Comes back around.

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