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President of the All Tobago Fisherfolk Association (ATFA), Curtis Douglas, is calling for an urgent meeting with Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar, hoping the new administration will finally end what he described as decades of illegal fishing in Tobago’s waters.
In November 2023, a delegation from Barbados and Tobago, on the instruction of then prime minister Dr Keith Rowley and Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley, held a virtual discussion on concerns raised by Tobago fishermen. They claimed their Barbadian counterparts were overfishing flying fish.
Continued dialogue was agreed upon and a decision was taken for both sides to enter into negotiation for a new Fishing Agreement in the future.
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