Fishermen against reclamation

Fishermen against reclamation

MANADO, North Sulawesi: Manado fishermen grouped in the
Indonesian Fishermen's Association are protesting coastal
reclamation on which houses, shops and other buildings are being
built.

Association chairman Achlan Halim said that the local
administration should have considered the fishermen's fate before
deciding to turn the coastline into a shopping mall and houses.

The fisherman are demanding that piers be constructed to
enable them to dock their boats and operate on the sea as usual.

The fishermen's demand was an outcome of a conference held by
the association on Wednesday.

Many fishermen have reportedly become construction workers.

The coastline in the southern part of the city of Manado has
become Jl. Piere Tendean Boulevard. A hotel and shopping mall are
being constructed on the reclaimed land.

The five-kilometer northern coastline is now a road that
connects by flyover to the southern coastline road.