Hawaiian Students, Volunteers Fill Health, Religious Needs for Foreign Fishermen
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Honolulu Star-Advertiser] by Pat Gee - August 01,2017
Three nights a week, the Rev. Jerry Saludez takes a group of volunteers to either Pier 17 or Pier 36 to provide a home-cooked meal, Bible study and medical checkups to fishermen from foreign countries who are confined to the docks.
The fishermen are the subjects of a complaint filed this month with the Inter-American Human Rights Commission to determine whether the U.S. is complicit in the abuse of those who catch bigeye and yellowfin tuna (ahi) for the lucrative seafood industry.
But Saludez, whose Waipio Community Baptist Church started its Seafarers Ministry three years ago, said he was "very surprised" to learn of complaints about abuse, human trafficking ...
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