Business

At Fish Market Status Update Town Hall, Consensus On Path Forward

ST. CROIX -- At first, it seemed as if a town hall meeting organized by Senators Kenneth Gittens, Novelle Francis Jr., Kurt Vialet, Sammuel Sanes and Nereida Rivera-O'Reilly to give a status update on the La Reine Fish Market, and the $822,000 set aside through the Department of Public Works for repairs, would fall apart soon after being called to order. That's because Mapp administration officials present at the Central High School Curriculum Center on Monday night were concerned that the small number of fishermen who attended would give only a partial understanding of the problems. But as soon as the floor was turned over to the ten or so fishermen at the meeting, a consensus started to build on how to move forward. Fisherman Edward Schuster, who spoke of sabotage by fishermen who did not want the facility to thrive, backed the idea of keeping the market at its current location. He said while assailants had thrown jeans and cans, among other disruptive items in pipes to clo...