By Hassan I. Conteh-Africa 24 news

The chairperson for fisherwomen at Tombo says they are having constraints with lightening system and storage facilities.

The woman who only identified herself as chairlady told Africa 24 newspaper journalist that since they don’t have electricity in Tombo they needed an “ice plant” to preserve the fish.

“We don’t have ice plant and light here. Light is our major challenge,” she said.

Tombo is the second biggest fishing community in Sierra Leone with its larger population depending on fishing occupation for survival.

Sallieu Sesay, who is a fisherman at a moreel fish boat said 90 percent of Tombo residents consider fishing as their only means of survival.

“Almost everyone here depends on fishing to get a living. It is through it people pay school fees for their children,” he said.

But how does a month fishing ban affect these fishermen and women in Tombo in February this year.

The chairlady remarked: “It affects us a lot more.”

She said many parents who sell fish only for a living got to talk to her frequently about the effects on the fishing ban on the sea, which lasted one month, given by the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources.

The one-month closed season lasted for the whole of February 2025, thus affecting the livelihoods of many people.