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[johntar tt10]

Daily Record by Charlottte Thompson 22/11/08

A legal loophole is turning Scottish fishermen into "gangmasters of the North Sea"

The International Transport Federation claim comes after an MP raised the issue of forgien fishermen's visas in the House of Commons.

Aberdeen North MP Frank Doran said Scottish fishing fleets "may be flouting the law" by hiring Filopinos and Indonesians to work in UK waters.

At least 1,000 are believed to be on Scottish and Irish boats.

The allegations follow the fatal fire on board the Vision 11 in which two Filopino crewmen and one Latvian died.

International Transport Federation co-ordinator Norrie MacVicar said the industry should be "ashamed of itself" for continuing to "exploit" immigrant workers.

The non-EU workers, who are paid much less than those from the EU, are brought in on transit visas, but work in effectively Scottish waters.

[quiet waters]

you mean that if its Scotland's waters its also Scotlands oil and Scotlands fishstocks? see how far you get with that theory, on a serious note i know there probably are one or two, but i'd hate to think any scottish or irish skipper underpays or mistreats their foriegn crewmembers.

[johntar tt10]

Frank cannae want the fishing vote, must have a comfortible majority, dorran wiz that no a toonie name for idiot?
Like in "he is wan feckin liteheided dorran that man"

[quiet waters]

right you are but a bit more than an idiot, a useless idiot or worse, manys the idiot made a decent crewman, a few were dorrans right enuff

[johntar tt10]

Aye I thought that was one from down your way , dorran sounds good too, Frank opened his mooth before his brain engaged but that par for the course with they numpties, be trying to lick erses now to make ammends, thats another job description of them numpties, erselickers.....