Barbados: Bridgetown Fisheries Complex recovers after Beryl
The Bridgetown Fisheries Complex in Barbados, which exports millions of dollars worth of fish every year, was heavily impacted by the recent passage of hurricane Beryl. 48 hours after the extreme weather event left the island, recovery efforts have already started provided for by the administration of prime minister Mia Mottley. From Bridgetown, telesur collaborator Michron Robinson shares more details. teleSUR
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00:00The Bridgetown Fisheries Complex in Barbados, which exports millions of dollars worth of fish
00:04every year, was heavily impacted by the recent passage of Hurricane Beryl.
00:09Forty-eight hours after the extreme weather event left the island,
00:12recovery efforts have already started to be provided for by the administration of
00:17Prime Minister Mia Modley. From Bridgetown,
00:19Telesur collaborator Mitra Robinson shares more details.
00:23The cleanup campaign is currently ongoing here at the Bridgetown Fisheries Complex.
00:27It's been a full 48 hours since the complex has felt the wrath of Hurricane Beryl.
00:33The first time in recent history that a Category 4 hurricane
00:37within such capacity has striked Barbados so early.
00:42Normally, hurricanes such as these would hit Barbados around September,
00:46October, as seen with Hurricane Maria and Hurricane Tomas in 2010 as well.
00:51Much has been said about more that could have been done by the Mia Modley administration by
00:56opposition voices, but fisher folk here are adamant that enough has been done.
01:02My name is Anderson Lord. I'm a fisherman, a sport captain.
01:06We have had about 50 boats sunk so far. Every single boat in the complex was damaged,
01:12every one. The hauling up procedure, as we could expect, would take some time.
01:18Thanks to crane and equipment and these guys and Barbados Coast Guard,
01:22um, you know, they're doing an excellent job with, because they're trying to source more
01:26trailers. Um, but again, the experience for me, it was, it was horrific, not only because,
01:32you know, I cried not only for myself, but for all the other boat owners and fishermen that I see
01:36lost because this is going to set by the industry at least two years.
01:40Fishing in particular in Barbados is second to tourism in terms of GDP,
01:46millions of dollars of fish exported every year coming from right here at the Bridgetown
01:50Fisheries Complex. Coming to you from Bridgetown Barbados to tell us our English, I'm Mishron Robinson.