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A new fishing facility, partly financed by the European Union to support the fishing community in the eastern Mahe districts of Cascade and Pointe Larue to sell their products, was officially opened recently
A new fishing facility, partly financed by the European Union to support the fishing community in the eastern Mahe districts of Cascade and Pointe Larue to sell their products, was officially opened recently. The fishing facility located at Cascade near the St. Andre church, the patron saint of fishermen, was opened by the EU ambassador to Seychelles, Vincent Degert, and Seychelles’ foreign affairs minister, Sylvestre Radegonde, in the absence of fisheries minister Jean-Francois Ferrari.
Fishermen from Cascade and Pointe Larue now have a fish market to sell their products, a fish cleaning area, a fish landing shed, a fishermen’s gear store, offices, and shops. The first phase of the project, completed in March 2020, comprised the lagoon’s dredging to ensure adequate depth for the vessels to maneuver at all times. There were also reclamation works done to expand the quay as well as a slipway.
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The European Union partly funded the project under the EU-Seychelles Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement 2020-2026. The United Concrete Product Seychelles (UCPS) contributed SCR 2.3 million rupees in the first phase of the project undertaken by QingJian International.
