Over a year and five months after the opening of a $30 million Artisanal Fisheries Complex in Barbuda, strong concerns remain that the majority of fishermen continue to shun the facility.

A public dissertation by an angered businessman and former member of the Barbuda Council has forced the island’s parliamentary representative

The Fishermen’s Co-operative is taking responsibility for the latest delay in the signing of the revised fisheries regulations – a thorn in the side of environmentalists for years.

Marine Biologist John Mussington has warned that the over-fishing of the sister isle’s marine resources could spell disastrous implications on Barbuda’s economy.

Having almost ravaged the fishing stock off Antigua, Barbuda-based marine biologist John Mussington says fishermen are now looking to employ their harmful practices on the sister isle.

Chief Fisheries Officer Cheryl Appleton-Jeffrey confirmed Tuesday that there are laws to protect the abuse of the local fisheries sector, but said the department

Local Chinese interests are making further moves to garner more of the lobster stock in the nation’s waters.

Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer has hailed the commissioning of the Marine Fuel Station for fishermen as a historic day for the country, even as he underscored the importance of the fisheries sector to the twin-island state.

The Barbuda Council has taken on the mandate to repair the lone seaport on the island in order to make it safe for boats to dock.