Seismic surveys killing fish stock – Stop now, say Claxton Bay fishermen…

August 20, 2013 Uncategorized

CLAXTON Bay fishermen are fearful that Government’s initiative to increase Trinidad and Tobago’s oil reserves will force them out of their livelihood. “We want the public to know about the seismic surveys that the Government want to do from September to May. There was a decrease in the fish stock for the last 16 months. Two months now we started getting off the ground. This seismic survey will cause stock to go down again,” he said in a telephone interview yesterday. more@trinidadexpress 16:24

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