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Coastguard ensures the safety of fishermen at sea

Local | By Press release February 17, 2022

WILLEMSTAD - The Coast Guard has taken note that the local media have raised the subject of the Wacao site and the target practice that takes place on that site. The Coast Guard informs that now exercises take place at area, it is the task of the Coast Guard to guarantee the safety of the fishermen who are fishing in that area. When target practice is conducted on Wacao's property, a fisherman may be in danger if he enters the danger zone at sea.

 

As an authority at sea, the Coast Guard has the task of alerting fishermen to the danger in order to keep their distance from the danger zone for their own safety. Ensuring safety and supervision at sea is one of the important tasks of the Coast Guard so that people can return home safely.

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