Deep sea fishermen join activists at the Boston Seafood Expo to demand Wi-Fi on all boats

March 12, 2024 International, International News, National, New England

Indonesian fisherman Susanto says he was on a Taiwanese commercial fishing vessel in the Pacific Ocean in 2022 when a fishhook flew out of a fish and embedded in his eye. On Sunday, Susanto was in Boston at the Seafood Expo North America demanding that industry leaders hear what happened to him and help provide internet access to fishermen far from home. “That’s why we campaign for Wi-Fi. We need Wi-Fi so we are not being isolated,” he said through an interpreter at the event at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center during North America’s largest seafood trade exposition. “When we have a severe accident like this, I can connect to people to ask for help.” photos, more, >>click to read<< 07:40

Adrie Arnold Nelwan, Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, fishermen from Taiwan, Global Labor Justice International Labor Rights Forum, Indonesian fisherman Susanto, join activists, Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health, Seafood Expo North America, Taiwan Association for Human Rights, to demand Wi-Fi on all boats, Wi-Fi

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It took me a while to decide how to most accurately describe the situation that has been visited upon the New England fishing communities that are and since colonial times have been dependent on the groundfish fisheries.

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