Glacis District welcomes Fishermen Association
The fishermen community of Glacis has formed and launched their association with Mr. Darney Barbe as the chairperson.
The launching ceremony took place on Saturday 6th July, 2019 at the district community centre under the theme ‘Fishing Sustainably for the Future’ in the presence of the Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries, Charles Bastienne, the elected member for Glacis in the National Assembly, Regina Alcindor, Speaker of the National Assembly Nicolas Prea, United Seychelles’ proportionally elected member of the National Assembly Sebastien Pillay, the principal secretary for Fishing Jude Talma, members of the Northern Regional Council, partners, the Glacis fishing community and other association members of the fishing community from other districts.
The idea is to group the fishermen together so that they get to speak as one when it comes to dealing with government, stakeholders and partners on issues related to fishing. The objective is to promote, protect and defend the interests of the Glacis fishing community. During the ceremony the proposed concept plan for the start of the long awaited construction of fishing facilities for the benefit of fishermen in the district was unveiled by the Seychelles Fishing Authority (SFA). Facilities include a fish market, ice plant, gear store and mooring area among others.
The chairman of the Northern Regional Council, Brian Julie had words of encouragement to the Glacis Fishermen Association noting that it can count on the support of the council. Apart from Mr Barbe as chairman, the other members on the committee are Cliff Morel (vice-chairman), Cliff Alcindor (treasurer), Sheila Adolphe (secretary), Denis Matatiken (advisor-environment), Gerard Ernesta (advisor-fisheries and safety), Berty Hoareau, Jean-Claude Esparon, Fiasal Sulieman, Roy Azemia, Allain Bamboche as ordinary members and Sylvie Ernesta (public relations).