Fisherfolk during a recent outreach at Highbury, East Bank Berbice informed Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha of issues which are affecting them including massive chunks of grass floating in the Berbice River damaging their equipment.
According to one fisherman, it was agreed between the fishermen and the contractors who are responsible for cutting the grass that 10-feet grass plots would be cut in the Canje Creek.
However, he said that “my agreement with them is that they cut the grass, throw it on a barge and throw it at a low spot because … is a square one we would a end up when stuff come out of the river.”