PRIME Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has advised TT fishermen to stay within the country's maritime boundaries amid concerns over US missile strikes on boats in the Southern Caribbean in its operations tackling drug trafficking. Since September 2, the US has killed at least 60 people in missile strikes on alleged drug-transporting vessels in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific.

Local fishermen have expressed fear over the situation and said they are worried about going far out to sea. US president Donald Trump has also said some fishermen are scared to go to sea following the bombings.

After a special sitting at the Assembly Legislature, Scarborough on November 4, Persad-Bissessar told the media, "I saw some international media said that TT is a nation of fishermen. Nothing is further from the truth. We have fishermen but we have industries and other forms of income.