Source: Al Jazeera English
UK fishing industry: Pressures to bring in more skilled workers
Jun 28, 2023 · 2m 42s
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it takes many hands on deck to land the week's catch UK waters are teeming with opportunities but there aren't enough British workers to crew the boats and process the produce we've had problems trying to recruit young people into the industry for a while it just doesn't seem to be a job that young people are wanting to do anymore unfortunately we've been setting up apprenticeships and and
trying to get young people in that way but it's it's still not working in terms of homegrown talents the government's responded to the labor crisis in the fishing industry by quietly agreeing to allow more foreign workers into the country despite touting control over immigration as a main reason for leaving the EU in fact three years after brexit UK net migration has never been higher the problem
is they just simply Aren't Enough British workers willing to labor in dangerous not in cramped conditions and also the tight profit margins mean that wages can be extremely unpredictable now under a new government scheme they're allowing employers to hire many more foreign workers paying them potentially substantially less than local hires in order to keep the industry afloat it needs all the labor it can get 30
of the UK's fishing crews are foreign recruited through agencies from countries such as Ghana and the Philippines were almost the entire crew of this vessel is from Roland berliance here eight months a year because the money's good lower salaries could drive much needed workers elsewhere money in here is really good really really good I really appreciate the new learn the people they treat us very good
yeah for this okay accommodation is okay everything is very good industry leaders are now urging the government to loosen its rules to help resolve the labor shortage including scrapping strict English language requirements the irony is the fishing industry was a poster child for those advocating leaving the EU but the promised boom hasn't happened and the UK still doesn't have many of the freedoms of other Coastal
States including EU member France fishermen of 35 years David Wilson feels lied to yeah we were we were sold down a river for brexit we were promised gold and we've got coal fishing joins construction on the government's shortage occupation list retail and Hospitality are lobbying hard to be included too after losing huge numbers of staff from the European Union when the freedom to work in the
UK ended tacit recognition say many of these fishermen of brexit's failure to make Britain a better market for business Neve Barker Al Jazeera brigson
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