Blackfish warehouse gets facelift

The Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers (JOCV) office has signed a contract for EC$92,847.50 for the construction of a slipway and renovation of the existing warehouse of the Barrouallie Fisheries Centre. {{more}}

The contract was signed with Mordecai John, carpenter and builder of Peter’s Hope last February 25 witnessed by Raymond Ryan, Chief Fisheries Officer and Samuel Hazelwood, Vice President of the Barrouallie Fisheries Development Cooperative.

This contract is part of the Blackfish Processing Station Project in Barrouallie which is being funded by the JOCV, SVG Office.

The project is aimed at lifting the sanitary standards of Blackfish products, which the JOCV Office said “has long been one of the chief concerns for the fisheries development in this country.”

The project was designed by Yasushi Tanaka, Community Development Officer and member of JOCV, attached to the Fisheries Division.

The JOCV said that construction will be completed by the end of March, 2005.