Fishermen’s Welfare Alliance welcomes change – although concerns remain about language requirements The home office announced last week that fishing and seafood processing would be added to the Short Occupation List – a classification that will make recruitment and retention…
Scottish MSPs agreed last week to support a new visa system for rural areas where there is a real issue with sourcing workers, including farming, fish farming and the fishing industry, reports Andy Read. Publication of the proposed pilot scheme…
The fallout from the reports released two weeks ago, detailing accusations of abuse and exploitation of foreign crew who are employed using transit visas to work on UK fishing vessels outside 12 miles, have continued, reports Andy Read. Speaking on…
