Fishy business. The Social Impact of SST.pdf - Act Now!

shark, turtles, and many others. These fishes are dumped in the sea. There is also other rubbishdumped into the sea by the fishing boats, rubbish like empty containers, bottles, plastics, smokepackets, and other food stuffs. The fishing nets used are so large with heavy bolts, they cancatch anything underneath the sea floor or above. Any sea creature caught and by ny meansstruggles to get out and will still die, because the net itself is poison. On the boat, most of thecrew are from Philippines, Korea and China.4. Town residents and market women:Jackline,.24 years old. I do sales betelnut, smoke, and kol water. I do have money money sincethe factory operates. I have K200 plus in a fortnight period. I spend it on kaikai and some othermarket requirements. Before I did have K200 plus when marketing, too, and I spent some onclothes, and other needs and wants. I have extra money like ever Sunday we give money to eachother and I have seen prostitution but because I do not want to get involved I have married. Thefactory workers used to get my marketing and pay for it when their fortnightly wages arereceived. I feel happy when they come to pay but sometimes I really face a problem when theydidn’t give me my money. When I used to market I also feel head pain and from my observationI do see that they get sick because of that smell. No I don’t want to work in the factory because Ihave worked there but because of illness like boil or [buk?] and scabies in my hand plus mywages I have resigned from the factory. I was working in the production section, as a loiner toloin the fish.Tresea Nawape, from Nerkombi. (In market). I do have K10 a day and I have made roughlyabout K200. I do buy food from store, market and other sales requirements. Before the factoryis opening I buy my needs and wants in every day needs and spenf roughly K10 a day. Beforewe live a better life but today we face problems like that development brings change like manylows and many drunken peoples in every weekend. [The factory people] come and get mymarketing things and give it when they are paid in fortnightly. Before I earned less but today Ihave made extra money from my marketing because many people are going to work and theyare buying . I have had some effects from the smell, and I heard them complaining about theirpay and how they work.Francisca Waviki, from Sapuain, 38 years old. [In market]: It depends on my marketing (mypay). I do earn K250 in fortnightly. I spend it on kaikai, clothes, and family requirements andwater ill and power bill. I do face a problem about buying water and power bill, and I do putaside some money for buying these when marketing, so I can put K5 a day so I can buy whenthe bill is given or buy it mionthly. Before, I took time to collect money from marketing, buttoday I collect much because many people are going to work so they come and buy mymarketing morning and afternoon. While marketing we do smell that smell. Sometimes I collectall my marketing and go home but sometimes I have to market because I need to get moneyfrom it. I have heard rumours about the development of workers and their wages and hard work.I don’t want to work there because I earn money every day and not for waiting for fortnightly. Iam concerned about that factory which they much stop that smell or build that factory out of thetown area.Anna Alberth, female, from Big Muschu, married to a man from Kubala.: “I market my goodsevery day in the market to get money.” She makes a profit in the market. More than she’d get atSST. You smell the factory in the market? “Yes, very bad smell coming out from the SouthSeas Tuna.” She tries to vary the goods she sells because it gives her more profit; and she’sfreer than if she worked in the factory.158