The Tribune

EDITOR, The Tribune.

I write today in reference to recent comments from the Ministry of Agriculture and Marine Resources stating that they would boost wholesale exportation of the Bahamian lobster. There won’t be any marine resources left to have a ministry of if we do that!

If we boost wholesale exportation of our fish, what do we have to export in 20 years time when they are all gone? Look at Florida - they used to have as much conch, grouper and lobster as us and where has it all gone? They made the decision once to boost wholesale exportation and now they raid our waters without consequence.

We need to be pushing more sustainable ideas such as eco-tourism and conservation of our marine resources. There are villages in North Western Mexico that through a change in mindset and education, have transformed from dire poverty to tourist hot spots. Fish population has returned and the villagers have sustainable, long term employment. People are better off than they were before.

Let us think long term before we lose one of the most precious resources in the world.

ABS

Nassau,

August 3, 2018.