Five fishing companies signed an agreement promising to do more to attract locals to work on their deepsea trawlers. File photo: Getty ImagesMore fishing crew are on their way to New Zealand from Covid-19 hotspots such as Russia. In August last year, five fishing companies signed an agreement promising the government they would do more to attract locals to work on their deepsea trawlers. "I don't believe that the New Zealand fishing industry will ever be able to cope with 100 per cent New Zealand workers because they're just not there. Sanford, which has also signed up to the industry agreement, brought in two to three Koreans every few months.

Source: Otago Daily Times May 16, 2021 21:45 UTC