00:00Yeah, it's not for pleasure. This is commerce. You understand? I don't know who is this man who are forcing him here, you know.
00:07Fishermen represented by the San Fernando Fishing Cooperative are demanding answers over a party boat, which they claim has been docked at the San Fernando Fishing Facility a few weeks now.
00:18They believe the improved facility, which took decades of lobbying for and was only handed over a few months ago, should be utilized by fishermen and not pleasure crafts that can disrupt their trade.
00:30When these people come here, they'll take over here. They piss all about the place. They are the place nasty. You can't say nothing because a man want to kill you.
00:39Maybe I reach old enough to death, so I'll say the right thing. And we really want to know what is going on.
00:45Taylor, a founding member of the cooperative this week, spoke with reporters on site on behalf of their president, Bobby Sooklausing.
00:52All of a sudden, they ring the cooperative and say, this man, say he's coming and he's not moving because he's a part of the UNCM thing. He's not moving from our place. This is our place.
01:05We want to know something. Why? What is this? They are a hijack or a takeover. Nobody is telling us nothing. This is San Fernando Fishing Cooperative. This is San Fernando Fishing Place.
01:17The fishermen say two letters were sent to the Ministry of Agriculture in July highlighting their concerns, but they've received no response to date.
01:26We contacted Agriculture Minister Ravi Ratiram this week, who said he had not yet read or received any letter from the cooperative.
01:34However, he asked if fishermen wanted the facility to be treated strictly as a commercial facility, whether or not they would be prepared to pay commercial rates.
01:44When asked to clarify if pleasure crafts like a party boat can dock at this site, he said he would check and get back to us.
01:51However, despite numerous follow-up requests via WhatsApp and calls up to news time, no response was provided.
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