Wednesday, February 5, 2014

VIDEO - Nasion CHamoru Protests for Fishing Rights






Chamorro Nation Holds Another Protest Against Marine Preserves

Last Updated on Friday, 13 December 2013 06:59
Written by Clynt Ridgell

Thursday, 12 December 2013 17:26

Guam - About a dozen members of  "I Nacion [Nasion] Chamoru" held another demonstration to protest against the restrictions on native fishing rights at the island's marine preserves.

This protest was held at Matapang Beach where the Chamorro Natrion [Nation] says the Tumon Bay marine preserve prevents native Chamorros from most types of fishing, like net fishing.

In demonstration against that, Danny "Pagat" [Pågat”] Jackson took his net into the preserve and caught a few small fish. Then he took one of them, and ate it, raw.

"First you have to move the guts and throw it away and move the head because of the gills in there and then wash it and here it goes everybody,” said Jackson as he ate the fish."

“The purpose of this peaceful demonstration is to express the common mans [man’s] fight. Why are we being restricted from fishing in our oceans? What is the real cause of the detriment of our oceans and it's living creatures?" asked Offing Jackson adding, "The Tumon bay MPA has been a parking lot for jet skis and flotation devices anchored to the bottom. They have replaced local fishermen and women and their families with tourists and flotation devices. Is this the purpose of an MPA?"

The Jackson's believe that all native Chamorros should have the right to fish in any of the waters of Guam.


Video1 Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvYnK20ada4, accessed on Wednesday, February 05, 2014.
Video2 Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5f5eP79-zK8, accessed on Friday, February 07, 2014.
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