Two More Weeks Given to Submit Nominations for Fishermen's Day Awards

The deadline to submit nominations for the awards given at this year's Fishermen's Day ceremony has been extended by an additional two weeks.

The Fisheries Ministry opened the opportunity to submit nominations for the awards on October 9. While the deadline set in that announcement expired at 14:00 yesterday, the Ministry extended the deadline by an additional two weeks yesterday. With the 14-day extension, the new deadline to accept applications for the awards is November 21, 2024.

The Ministry has opened applications for the most serviceable young skipper (under 35 years) who is currently actively engaged in fishing and does no other work for income, the most experienced skipper (over 35 years) who is currently actively engaged in fishing and does no other work for income, and the serviceable reef fisherman whose main income-generating work is reef fishing. The Ministry stated that there will be an opportunity to apply for these awards in a personal capacity or to be nominated by another party.

The Ministry has requested eligible parties who wish to apply for these awards to complete the designated form and send it to the Ministry's email address fisheriesmanagement@fisheries.gov.mv before the given deadline. The two forms prepared for submitting award nominations are available for download from the Ministry's website www.fisheries.gov.mv.

Although it was previously decided to hold this year's official Fishermen's Day celebrations in B. Thulhaadhoo, the government has now arranged to hold the official Fishermen's Day activities in Male' City. The Ministry stated that this was a decision made to implement the government's cost-cutting policy.

Since 1989, December 10 of every year has been celebrated in the Maldives as Fishermen's Day. As such, this year marks the 44th Fishermen's Day.