KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, Feb 19, CMC -The Commander of the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Coast Guard Service, Deon Henry, Thursday said that the authorities here have confirmed the strike “of a vessel within our waters” last Friday “by a missile”.
In a broadcast on state media, Henry said that the Coast Guard had received the information from local fishermen, “who were actually on location” when they saw the vessel struck by “a missile.
“The fishermen were going towards the number of five FAD. When I say, FAD, I’m talking about fish aggregating devices that were installed by the Ministry of Fisheries in 2024, 2025. so these devices actually attract fish”.
Henry said that the FAD is the normal fisher ground for fishermen in St. Vincent and the Grenadines and “so the location put us some 45 miles south east of St. Vincent, or 32 miles east of Canouan Island.
“So that confirms the strike that happened in our exclusive economic zone,” he said.
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