Fishermen at the Ocho Rios Fishing Village in St Ann securing boats ahead of the passage of Hurricane Melissa on October 28.
The numbers are still being tallied, but early estimates from the National Fisheries Authority (NFA) suggest that damage to Jamaica’s fisheries sector could run into the billions of dollars following the passage of Category 5 Hurricane Melissa.
Preliminary assessments point to near-total destruction in several coastal and inland communities, where fishing vessels, aquaculture ponds and processing facilities have been wiped out.
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