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San Fernando fishermen call for nationwide strike over gas hike
With several fishermen going out of business in San Fernando, San Fernando Fishing Cooperative president Salim Gool is calling for an island-wide fishing strike in the hope that this will force the Government to reduce gas prices for fisherfolk. If Gool’s call is successful, this could mean no fresh fish in any fishing depot or marketplace across the country. “We do not think the Government is taking us seriously. Since April 22, we called for a meeting with the Minister of Agriculture Land and Fisheries and he has not responded. We are now calling for a strike of fishing islandwide.” >click to read< 09:58
Seismic surveys killing fish stock – Stop now, say Claxton Bay fishermen…
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