Published 12 April, 2021
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Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News Source
Source: LOOP NEWS
The ashfall from the La Soufriere Volcano in St Vincent which erupted last Friday, April 9, has impacted fishers in the south of Saint Lucia.
The situation has resulted in a bad few days of fishing for many fishers of the south who went to sea between Friday and today.
Denvar Fanus, a fisher of Micoud, told Loop News that the situation is of much concern to them.
“We could not fish properly. There were ashes in the water, in our boats, and all over our bodies,” Fanus said.
He added that they could not see other boats that were not too far away because of the ash, which had affected their visibility.
“The water was black, white, blue, all type of colors,” Fanus said.
According to reports, fishers in Choiseul returned from sea very early on Friday because of the same problem.
President of the Choiseul Fishermen’s Co-operative, Richardson Jn Baptiste told Loop News that on Friday, the fishermen returned to shore early because of the explosion from the volcano, which they heard while at sea. He added that residents in certain parts of Choiseul also heard the explosion.
According to Jn Baptiste because of the situation, only seven fishers from the community went to sea yesterday.
This morning, a few fishermen of Laborie, who had just returned from sea, said they had not caught any fish because of the ash on the sea.
“The ashes chased the fish away,” one of them said.
