TUNA farmers in Port Lincoln have resorted to employing Indonesian fishermen in the face of a labour crisis sparked by the resources boom.

Indonesians get tuna jobs as miners pounce Verity Edwards January 29, 2007 Amid claims that mining companies are poaching workers by offering them $10,000 a year more than they earn in the aquaculture industry, Hagen Stehr, who runs Clean Seas, said he had no choice but to employ foreign staff. TUNA farmers in Port Lincoln have resorted to employing Indonesian fishermen in the face of a labour crisis sparked by the resources boom. He has taken on four Indonesian fishermen and wants to employ 28 more. "We're in dire need of workers. (Canberra) said we can get labour from Eyre Peninsula but we can't, because nobody wants to go fishing," Mr Stehr said. The Australian Fisheries Academy has taken on just two Eyre Peninsula residents in its latest intake of 20 apprenticeships for this year. The Australian http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,21133268-5006787,00.html