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Five of 15 Rainforest lobster fishermen die at sea

Five of 15 Rainforest lobster fishermen die at sea

Fisherman hopes to overcome paralysis after near-fatal dive

A dive nine months ago near the Pedro Bank, off the island’s southwest coast, almost cost Dwyer Robinson his life, leaving him wheelchair-dependent. Despite his slow recovery, he remains very eager to get back to hustling for his family. The Portmore, St Catherine, resident spends most mornings absorbing the sun to dissolve nitrogen bubbles trapped in his body. Robinson, 46, developed decompression sickness, otherwise called ‘the bends’, just a few days before Jamaica recorded its first COVID-19 case in March. The father of three said he was diving in 100 feet of water when a heavy current swept him away. The seasoned diver managed to resurface and was assisted into the boat by his captain, but he was unconscious.

Ronald Thwaites | Weight of a fish...

She told me to call her ‘Baby G’. She came needing help for one of the children who “don’t have a good head” and told me her story. Long before, young, kinda pretty, unemployed and ‘out of doors’ (she didn’t like the way her mother’s new boyfriend followed her around), she had gone to where the fishing boats dock out west to beg some sprat or wenchman to cook. There she met Charlie, who “look pon her a way” and soon started to “put question” to her. She found out two things about him. First, that he was a well-established fisherman, and next, that he had certain relations with most of the women on the beach and, it was said, with many others who seldom visited but were ‘connected’.