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that we’re there. The owners of Paradise Beach and others have said that they complain bitterly all the time to say to the jet ski operators, to the speed boat operators – Do not come into shore or close to shore, that’s more likely to have people swimming; stay out to sea with your motorized vessels”.
“On all sides of this we have had difficulty, and I’m using this rostrum because here we’ve had two fatalities in the last several years. I don’t want anyone else to get hurt. I don’t want anyone else to die… I have seen local fishermen doing it, I have seen jet ski operators doing it, we have seen the pleasure boats and the pleasure crafts doing it, and I don’t understand why.
Let us be sensible in how we conduct ourselves. We are endangering people. If you happen to be on the beach and you are taking a swim you ought not to be at risk of being struck by a jet ski or pleasure boat which happens to be right into shore.” Hon.
Brantley assured that the Nevis Island Administration (NIA) is taking urgent steps to address the issue and the Premier has asked the Nevis Air and Sea Ports Authority (NASPA) to quickly convene with the Maritime Affairs Division to determine what can be done to ensure that there are no further occurrences of these incidences. The government has invested large sums of money to put up swim zones and will revisit the matter with a view to establishing additional swim zones around the island.
