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I worked in Alaska (fishing trawler). Most the people there are not making a "shocking" amount of money. It's basically minimum wage plus overtime (granted a
by notch898a 4y ago
I worked in Alaska (fishing trawler). Most the people there are not making a "shocking" amount of money. It's basically minimum wage plus overtime (granted a shit ton of it) for people working in processing or the lowest positions onboard the vessel.
A good representation of the people I found were Native Alaskans, immigrants, or felons who were attracted to the job because it was one of the damn few available to them. It was brutal work to eke out a basic existence.
- hotpotamus 4y agoI feel like I've been conned by Mike Rowe - I was under the impression that it was brutal work that at least paid pretty well. On the boats at least.
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- WeylandYutani 4y agoIn the Netherlands the fishing industry has basically evaporated to less than 1% of GDP. But the loss of jobs has been amply compensated in other sectors.
- notch898a 4y agoOur labor market is probably robust enough for the time being that the felons and immigrants will find other work. Not sure about the natives. Their way of life was wrecked by western influence and fishing even on a modern vessel is about the closest thing they have to continuing their way of life while making some income near their home. I have no idea what they would shift to if they moved. In any case USA's highly regulated Bering Sea fishing industry is shared with Russia. Even if we eliminated/downsized our fishing it'd have to be done in concert with Russia to get the desired outcome, otherwise we'd just be handing the lions share of our catch to Russian fisherman.
- mistrial9 4y agofishermen constantly accuses everyone and anything "stealing my fish" ?.. it is a ridiculous spectacle that repeats regularly, even as catches go from a boat load to a cargo container ship full. That means other companies, other animals, other countries .. always "them" ?
- hyperbovine 4y agoWell, I didn't claim that, and in any case, what you're saying reinforces my point. All that money is accruing to a small number of people, because of our government's love of privatizing shared natural resources.
- notch898a 4y agoI'm pretty sure the ocean has the opposite problem of privatization. In fact it's the prototypical example of tragedy of the commons.