Illegals Taking Fishing Jobs In Alaska Now?

[Ayatollahgondola]

Update from a less biased media:

Dulcich described the dead contractors as "experienced, independent contractors," adding, "While not direct employees of our company, these men have worked with us year after year and we consider them close friends and part of our company’s family."

Commercial clam diggers must be licensed with the Alaska Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission. There are only 30 people licensed to dig commercially and all but two of them are Alaskans. Last year only about 20 of the permit holders, all Alaskans, reported working the beaches during a season that runs from May into July

[Ayatollahgondola]

and again:

Some familiar with operations at Polly Creek this year said a number of foreign nationals appear to have been hired by the permit holders to help with the digging.

No comment on nationality

It remained unclear Saturday whether the dead men were foreign nationals or if they were working illegally in Alaska by not being properly licensed to commercially clam.

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