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Tobago boats to get free GPS, wireless radios
Published:
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Tobago’s 369 registered fishing boats are being fitted with GPS (Global Positioning System) and wireless radio sets free of charge by the Tobago House of Assembly (THA). The first batch of the units will be distributed to the boat owners at the prize giving ceremony of the 2012 Tobago Game Fishing Tournament next Thursday at the auditorium of the School Nutrition Co-operative in Canaan. Secretary of Agriculture, Marine Affairs, Marketing and the Environment Councillor Gary Melville said in an interview that both the GPS and wireless radio sets have cost the assembly an estimated $1 million. He explained that the GPS system would allow operators to track their boats at sea and to locate any of the equipment and engines that go missing or are stolen from them.
The wireless radio sets can be used to communicate with people on land through the TEMA station at Observatory Hill in Charlotteville. Melville said the new equipment would bring added comfort to the relatives and friends of fishermen while at sea. The Agriculture Secretary also gave an update on the various fishing facilities around Tobago. He said within a month facilities would be opened at Roxborough and Belle Garden while those at Lambeau will begin operating at the end of August and at Swallows at the end of September. Melville said construction of facilities at Castara would begin shortly and should be completed by January 2013. The facilities at Charlotteville would also begin later this month he said.
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