The Dominicans have us for a complete joke. 90 percent of the time they are able to poach thousands of pounds of seafood from our waters without being caught. By the time we do catch up with them, they are happy to pay the $5k in fines and haul azz back to the DR and catch the next boat sailing to get more fish out of our seas. Why do we have to wait until the end of the budget year? Shouldn't our lawmakers hasten to protect our resources? What laws are being passed in our parliament that are so pressing that this one has to wait so long? What are these politicians busy doing???

After the stories coming out about the hostile and violent capture of this latest vessel, they better beef up the RBDF artillery!!

Fines should be doubled for repeat offenders!

most of these Dominican boats are owned by American fish companies the owners sail through our waters on sail boats and give the fishing vessels gps location of fishing grounds and heads up when the RBDF in the area

There is already provision for the vessels to be seized - that is sufficient and should be enforced - its the ultimate deterrent!! Alfred Gray is the worst Minister in the Christie Government and in two years cannot point to a single accomplishment.....And with all that the sector needs he send money back to the treasury!

Mayaguana, I feel u. He wud do well growin some pigeon peas down in der South.

Gray neds to go find ALL dem big time Bahamians who run da poaching racket.......... some a he lawyer friends dem

WAT A TANGLED WEB WE WEAVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So If these poachers are firing on Defense force officers, what are they being charged with? Attempted Murder? Certainly it should be much more than a poaching charge at this point? Do you think they secured the shot gun and shells for finger prints?

At the rate our commish going they will be charged with assault. we dont want too many attempted murder charges on the books

Why does the Cabinet continue to think we are fools? When they went to the Dominican Republic I knew if was a waste of time, and so did they. obviously, The Dominican Government encourages their fishermen to pillage our waters

Alfred Gray can't do much for his Ministry because everyday he down on Dowdeswell Street
setting up house and blocking traffic ,so when they kick his black ass to the curb he will be well set .

Mr. Minister you are like the rest talk and talk and gets nothing done. The story of my life.....

Dominicans, Haitians, Africans, Jamaicans, Latinos, Asians and everybody else take the Bahamas government as the jackass's they have proven to be.

AGAIN.....SHUT THE PHUCK UP GREY!

You jackass's have been talking, debating and tinking for 40 years! accomplishing NOTHING!

GET IT PHUCKING DONE! OR Get the hell O-U-T of our way!!!!

This is a WAR and if we lose it we can kiss our #1 export goodbye, hell we can kiss our environment goodbye as the Dominicans will wipe it out. The government is always talking about money, well the Dominicans are stealing the lively hood of untold Bahamians and at the same time THE GOVERNMENT. Get it strait if they could not STEAL our lobster and fish they would have to buy it from us. How can a country with no viable lobster fishery export lobster? Sink every one of those boats, make artificial reefs out of them, whatever, just make sure these THEIVES do not get them back. FINE them to kingdom come, no less than $50,000 a crew member or ten years and $250,000 or 25 years for the captains. These parasites will kill our country if drastic action is not taken Now. The government of the Bahamas needs to WAKE UP! Bahamians are tierd of our governments talk and utter slackness, they are getting madder than hell.

"While the changes are to be tabled in Parliament before the end of the budget year"...

Why PRAY TELL the big delay? A multitude of decades old problems after two years in power and these clowns are still "tinkin bout dis and tinken bout dat"

We need more politicians like Dr. Rollins who is not afraid to kick ass and take names later.

Who wins if nothing is done? Think on that! Somebody is making a killing.

Do the police question the illegal fishermen. Is there an active investigation into who REALLY is making the big bucks. Where do they take the fish and lobster to process it for market? Have they followed the trail to see how this operation really works? Why does not the press ask the hard questions and only give us the soft story? How about some good old hard as nails investiagative reporting?

asiseeit- These so call people from Prime Minister ,Commissioner, Governor General & Cabinet thieves and crooks don't give a hoot about this country .Dominicans have been raping our waters from conception .When they are caught they pay a small fine and they are right back to start over again .Equip RBDF with the tools to service our waters was that not one of there cry that they will do when they get in the power.No they went and dig up the dead .This government right now is the worst, we believe in Bahamians .They started all this bullshit. only the same ole few will be taken care off.And someone please tell Wilson the snake to go take a hike, he should keep his long mouth shut on government matters haven’t he rape the Bahamian people enough.

Ditto. nuff said