by NEIL HARTNELL Bahamian fishermen have hailed the US prosecution of a Florida Keys man for illegally fishing in this nation’s waters as “monumental” in the fight to safeguard the industry’s sustainability and stocks.
#Industry participants told Tribune Business that the sentence imposed on Henry Danzig, ordering him to hand over a brand new boat to the Royal Bahamas Defence Force (RBDF) to aid with fisheries enforcement, will “send a strong message to go-fast fishermen out of Florida” and is something they “have been waiting” decades for.
#The case, brought as part of Operation Bahamarama, a joint effort between Bahamian and US law enforcement agencies to crack down on illegal and unreported fishing in Bahamian waters, was described by local fishermen as the only way that this nation can “deter poaching of fisheries stocks on all fronts”.
“Cases come first and deaths come after”
NASSAU, BAHAMAS Former Health Minister Dr Duane Sands said yesterday that The Bahamas is “not in a good place” as it continues to see a climb in new COVID-19 infections.
With a significant increase in cases over the past few weeks, officials have confirmed The Bahamas is experiencing a third wave of coronavirus infections.
In an interview with
Eyewitness News, Sands noted that over the last 14-days the country has averaged nearly 60-cases per day, calling the rise in cases “a very unfortunate situation”.
Sands said: “We’ve had more cases in April than March, February, and January combined. That is a very, very concerning issue because cases come first and deaths come after.
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Easter weekend activities could bring about a surge without adherence to health protocols
NASSAU, BAHAMAS Director of the National HIV/AIDS and Infectious Disease Programme Dr Nikkiah Forbes said yesterday that a sustained increase in coronavirus cases that could indicate The Bahamas is “on the brink of a third wave” can be attributed in part to failure to adhere to health protocols in the workplace and other social settings.
“Health experts, we continue to look at the trends,” she told
Eyewitness News.
“We look at curves, that graphical model of the number of cases over time, to see if there has been an uptick.
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