Debris washed ashore by king tide cause hardship to fishermen

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MIRI: Twenty-five fishermen from Batu Satu Lutong want the authority concerned to help remove debris washed ashore during the king tide last week which now occupy the compound of their fishing boat huts and blocking the outlet to the sea.

Because of that, it is very hard to move their fishing boats from the huts through the outlet to the sea, lamented one of the fishermen, Abdul Hamid Assnan.

“The debris is a stumbling block for fishermen to push their boats to the sea from the huts,” he told The Borneo Post yesterday.

According to Abdul Hamid, he had to scoop the debris every morning so that he could push his boat from the hut to the outlet to go out to the sea.

The debris washed ashore during king tide to the fishing boat huts’ compound.

He said the debris would get stuck to the wheels of the pull-cart of the fishing boat, causing fishermen to struggle in pushing the boats to the sea.

Sometimes, he added, he had to seek assistance from fellow fishermen to push his fishing boat when going out to sea early in the morning.

He said all the fishermen had to help each other to push their boats to sea and later push them back to the huts when they returned.

“It’s an extra burden for us to push our boats when the debris get stuck to our pull-cart wheels,” he lamented.

He said most of the fishermen had to push their fishing boats from the huts in the middle of the night and in the wee hours when sea water rushed to the shore during high tide.