For the second time in a little more than a week, the Jamaica Defence Force Coast Guard has nabbed persons fishing illegally in Jamaican waters.
A Coast Guard team on board one of the newly acquired Offshore Patrol Vessels, the HMJS Cornwall, was conducting routine patrols in the vicinity of the Pedro Cays on Wednesday when it spotted a suspicious vessel in the area.
Major Basil Jarrett, Civil Military Cooperation Officer for the JDF, said the vessel was signalled to stop and a search carried out.
He said 59 nationals from the Dominican Republic were aboard the vessel with more than 7,000 pounds of fish, valued at more than J$3.8 million.
But Major Jarrett said the problem of illegal fishing extends beyond foreigners in Jamaican waters. According to him, a group of 23 Jamaicans was caught fishing illegally in the same region. About 4,700 pounds of fish were found in their possession.
All the individuals were detained and their vessels seized and towed to the JDF Coast Guard Base in Port Royal.
They were also escorted to the Coast Guard base for arrest and processing.
This week’s interception brings to 114, the number of illegal fishermen caught in Jamaican waters in just over a week.
Last week, 32 fishermen from the Dominican Republic were caught by the same crew close to the Pedro Cays.
Yes man ketch all a dem an an send dem whey dem fi go… an Tek back every fish fi give to Jamaican ppl dem brite an outada.
So all deze years wi had to suffer wid bony mawga fish is because deze ppl a come fish in wi waters. Look for far Dominica deh from JA. Di likkle vessel coast guard get already bringing things to light. Let’s ensure everybody have di tools to do their job efficiently.
I have a tenant from dr. so I screen shot the heading and send to him. Asked please to call his brother’s and tell them to leave the fish in our waters for us Jamaicans to enjoy. Dem done off the fish in their waters n want take set on us.. just for joke, we joke like this..
“He said those fish that was caught were legally borned in Dr. If I don’t believe have coast guard check their papers. Those fisher men was there on a :thumbup extradition to capture them. And Jamaican coast guard shouldn’t get involved”.
I was on the floorrrrrrrrrttr :thumbup :thumbup :tkp
The government need to be tougher on them! Take the boat and fish and fine dem harshly if they can’t pay have dem clean up the road and gully!
Awesome job to the Jamaican Coast Guard. They should give the fish to the local vendors in Port Royal. Mek di people dem eat a food offa dem.
Deportation in full effect. The next thing is finding the drugs and the drug dealers who use the Jamaican waters for dealings.
A nuff fish that. But now I see why dem seh Jamaican waters over-fished. A nuh we a dweet a di Dominican dem
AllyuhJamaican people love to take other people partna so what if other caribbean nationals steal your fish…one advice to di dominican dem…a betta dem nuh ketch di wrong fish dem. :maho
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not sure bout that pic, seen it before the fish might be so pretty, fish weh dem bwoy a sell darker than those a wa really a gwan eena Jamaican waters,
BAD n BOUGEE THAT there of drugs and dealers is a different kettle fish u need blue boot to go up not 11 step but 22 step, carful how we sit where are and believe what they tell us, memba a tory last yr dem hold and leggo some man, and the amt differ from what was originally there, a foo fah dwllllll mi cyant swim a rass therefore…….nutten more nobaddy no hear..