Essequibo fishers says operations being sabotaged

One of the seines damaged during an attack

Fishermen and fishing boat operators in the East Bank Essequibo (EBE) area are calling on the relevant authorities to take action against persons who are destroying their seines and costing them millions of dollars in losses.

The fisher folk have identified persons from a West Coast Demerara village as being responsible but say that police are not acting.

The latest attack occurred on Wednesday night, just off the Coast of Wakenaam,