A skirmish broke out between police officers and fishers in Buccament Bay on Friday, Feb. 7, 2025.
And, despite what was being said publicly, underlying tensions between fishers and tourism sector stakeholders appeared to have played a role.
There is increasing competition among tourism operators and fishermen for limited space on the village side of Buccament Bay, as Sandals Resort occupies the other side of the beach.
Kenton Chance reports…
It appears as though considerable training is required if we are to achieve a reasonable level of professionalism on the part of some law enforcement personnel… We deserve so much better from our public servants.
Reporter, report the news don’t try to entangle the people who you are reporting about. The fisherman was well versed in his rights. I’m sure you have a good counter to this. Even so it’s alright.
This gentleman is well educated and knows, it seems, all about the Fisheries Act.
There are always two sides to a story, but from listening to him it seems like the police were over reaching and came in in a high-handed manner.
At this point ALL the villagers needed to come out and stand in solidarity with this man. Reading stories like this breaks my heart as to what my beautiful Hairoun, Land of the Blessed, has come to.
Smh .. it seems as if police jus do whatever they feel ,once there heads say do they do .. without no compromise , compassion or understanding.. especially in cases as simple as this.
We really need better law inforcement and not at the heads of stations only but middle ranks.
But theses are some of the downsides and difficult situations to more tourism. But yet other countries have done better for years ..
Seine fishing is our culture for eons. Visitors should be encouraged to be part of our culture and help pull the Seine too. And this should be done on any beach, as you cannot tell pelagic fish where to swim to get caught. You have to catch them when and where the opportunity arises. Let us call the shots and let’s not frustrate honest and hard working local fishermen in favor of visitors.