A fisher's life on high seas: harsh, risky and badly paid
“It’s very tough, you make a lot of sacrifices and they don’t pay you what they should,” said Jeronimo Martinez, a fisherman from Marin, home port of a shipwrecked Spanish trawler. The tragedy — Spain’s worst fishing accident in nearly 40 years which claimed 21 lives and left only three survivors when their ship foundered in stormy waters off Newfoundland, Canada, — has thrown into sharp relief the risks and harsh working conditions faced by fishers. The death toll has sent shock waves across the northwestern Spanish region of Galicia, where fishing is hugely important and whic...
Source: taipeitimes.com
