Complex and confusing rules on employing non-European migrants on boats are being manipulated by some employers to get crew from Africa and AsiaThe rules around the immigration and employment status of fishermen are complex and there is considerable confusion among those wanting to expend migrant workers from outside the European Economic Area (EEA) as to what is required.
The Irish Department of Jobs,Enterprise and Innovation told us when we asked final month that to work on an Irish fishing vessel that operates within Ireland’s 12-mile territorial waters, or to work on trawlers or on the dock while they are in Irish ports, and non-EEA migrants need an Irish work permit. But since 2006,non-EEA seafarers acquire been not been eligible to apply for Irish work permits.
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Source: theguardian.com