The fishing sector in India’s Goa provides regular employment to its workers for ten months. Most continue working with the same owner year after year. On the trawler, one worker has the job of cooking for everyone, while they all clean their own utensils. Groups of workers are responsible also for filling fresh water in large containers, loading the nets, fetching groceries, crushing the ice and filling it in an in-built box before starting the trip.
At sea the fish workers are up against very adverse conditions. They work in extreme heat and humidity, and because of agroindustrial global warming, they face a growing threat of sea storms.
These workers’ monthly income comes to 10,000 to 15,000 rupees. The exact wage depends on the length of their association with the boat owners.
A survey conducted by the Disha Foundation at Malim Jetty found that most of these migrant workers do not have bank accounts. They collect their due wage from the boat owners before returning home, or ask them to transfer the money to a banking correspondent’s account in their villages, who then hands over the money to their family after deducting a service charge.
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