And Ricardo Borja's JC consulting is also the firm for "Angelfish LLC", that's the company which wants to dredge the Wil Bauer Flats Off the Stann Creek coast..
Land Minister Cordel Hyde says government is now faced with making the right decision which could mean having to compensate Angelfish LLC.
Cordel Hyde, Minister of Natural Resources
"It's most regrettable that NEAC never got an opportunity to get input and get the clear and passionate views that Eworth and other fly fishers. I believe if NEAC had gotten that, had gotten to see these testimony from these fly fishers, then we wouldn't be in this situation."
Jules Vasquez
"But these things aren't usually coincidences. When people aren't heard from, when vested stakeholders aren't heard from, it's part of a deliberate strategy to exclude adverse opinions."
Cordel Hyde, Minister of Natural Resources
"Oftentimes, but in this particular case, the persons from NEAC are saying, listen, we had multiple consultations in Hopkins, they didn't have it in Placencia. As I understand it, they had it in Hopkins, and that village is apparently the closest point to the flats, but I think they had multiple. But the relevant fly fishers never knew of it, and found out of it after the fact."
"And so no government has to make a determination going forward. Government is going to do the right thing. Let me just say that. Government is going to do the right thing."
Jules Vasquez
"However, that may involve compensating Angefish LLC."
Cordel Hyde, Minister of Natural Resources
"That is a challenge. That is often the challenge for a government. You have to weigh these things, the economic benefits against the environmental impact and the environmental benefits against - you know we have to weigh these things, but ultimately, based on everything we've heard, you can't touch those. You can't touch that area. You can't touch that area. So that's a tough decision government has to make, but government has to make the right decision on this."
