Lobster serving in off season & police doing nothing- Hon Flax-Charles
Hon Flax-Charles, speaking on 'Da Morning Braff radio show on Tola Radio on October 24, 2022, complained bitterly of the alleged non-action of officers when it comes to acting on reports and enforcing the laws.
“We have a situation… in Anegada, we know that Lobster is out of season but persons are still serving lobster,” she said.
“When a report was made to the police, the police say well oh, they didn't know it was lobster close season, they cannot do anything because that's a fisheries issue,” she revealed.
According to VI laws, no person shall catch, sell, offer for sale, or buy Lobster between July 31 to October 31.
The Legislator said with no 'fisheries officer' on Anegada, the hope was that the police as a law enforcement arm would have issued warnings to defaulting restaurant(s).
Police do not cooperate - Hon Falx-Charles
“The police do not cooperate in a lot of instances and I don't care who gets upset but… we passed the laws and the laws are supposed to be enforced by either the inspector or the police,” she said.
Hon Flax-Charles posted an open question as to who was responsible for the police in the territory and why enforcement challenges continue to persist.
“When you call them, the first thing they telling you, they short staff,” she said, while noting that a new cohort of officers continues to enter the force annually.
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79 Responses to “Lobster serving in off season & police doing nothing- Hon Flax-Charles”
Do not quote the law if you do not understand it. The Law says: no person shall catch for sell, offer for sale, or buy Lobster between July 31 to October 31. The wording is Catch for sell. Not catch, sell! Hope you get the point. so put the for after the Catch.
did the Hon VG Lady come up with the list of women for next year Heroes list
To ignore closed season will mean that eventualy there will be no lobsters left to catch, what will your children or grandchildren on Anegada do then or do you not care.
There should be no lobster for sale during the closed aka breeding season. Doesn’t matter if you invest 10k you are over buying if it can’t be sold within the open season.
If only they would have the same attitude about broccoli and refer it to fisheries & agriculture department
Asking a police to enforce a fish and game law is like asking the immigration department to make it stop raining. Dumb dumb dumb.
Give the police the ability to write tickets through legislation for these violations. And while you are at it, let them write tickets for water safety violations (like driving boats to fast where people swim). That should be where the focus is.
Sheerene - write some legislation please...and stop yapping
THINK THEY FOOLED THE PEOPLE WITH ??? THAT WAS LIKE ADDING INSULT TO INJURY , BECAUSE ITS THEIR CORRUPTION THAT CAUSED IT IN THE FIRST PLACE, ) AND THERE SHE WAS SINGING THE RACISM SONG WITH THREATENING LYRICS
I realize as of late, you've been very much vocal on some things but just over the air, are you the Junior Minister of Radio Station? Come on Hon. Flax-Charles, you're more than that. Think and act effectively before it all point back at the inefficiency that you somehow seem to possess. CJAN
also as the minister lives on VG why is turtle allowed to be served during easter festival when the season has closed? Answer that question or STFU