§ 103. Mr. Wolrige-Gordonasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will take steps to ensure that the residents of Tristan da Cunha can negotiate the prices they receive for their crayfish, in view of the fact that their buyers have a monopoly.
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§ Mr. KershawUnder an Agreement between the South Atlantic Islands Development Corporation and the Governor of St. Helena the former pay royalties on their net profits. The profits arise mainly from the Company's fishing operations in the waters of the Dependency but also derive from the proceeds of crayfish caught by Tristan fishermen employed by them on either a permanent or a casual basis whose catch is processed and packed locally in the Company factory. The wages and catch bonuses paid to the Tristan fishermen working for the Company as well as the rates paid to the Company's processing and packing workers are freely negotiated by the parties.
There is legislative provision for arbitration over wages disputes in the Tristan da Cunha Trades Disputes (Arbitration and Inquiry) Ordinance No. 5 of 1969.