Minister’s `successful’ fish pond at Tobago Hill clogged with weeds

Vegetation around the fish ponds was evident during a visit to the area on Thursday.

Weed-filled ponds make up the hassar-rearing project at Tobago Hill, in the North West District of Region One, where a community is dwindling as residents struggle to adapt.

There was no fish, only vegetation in and around the four ponds seen by Stabroek News during a visit to the community last week and Toshao Edmund Santiago said he was unsure about the future of the project.

It was recently deemed a success by the Amerindian Affairs Minister Pauline Sukhai, who the Government Information Agency said commended residents for their hard work in preparing the fish ponds and