The Premier expressed that the marine industry has recently been rebounding, with cruise ships and bare boats coming back to the territory in great numbers.

The territory’s leader said this is despite what naysayers had been saying at the height of the pandemic.

“You can take a picture of any harbour now and it is littered with yachts the very yachts they told us would not come back,” the Premier said.

He reiterated that there will be an upcoming forum to address concerns held by members of the marine industry.

Part of the reason for this, he said, was to ensure persons doing commercial sailing are properly registered in addition to being licensed and insured.

He said this was one of the concerns that arose when the industry was audited recently.

“We cannot look at these things lightly, we are not doing them to try to get rid of the marine industry like some persons are out there permeating in the atmosphere,” Premier Fahie said.

He added that measures are being taken to assist with safety concerns and said the government is working with industry stakeholders to do so in a timely manner.