By MEGAN REYNOLDS

Tribune Staff Reporter

mreynolds@tribunemedia.net

A GROUP of bonefishing guides seeking to protect a vital fishing ground in South Abaco is calling on the government to take action before developers move in.

The Abaco Fly-Fishing Guide Association (AFFGA) has proposed the government declare around 1,800 acres of Crown Land coastline and wetlands stretching from Cross Harbour to Blackwood Point a no-build zone as it supports a 1,000 hectare wetland area, local fishing industries and the lucrative catch-and-release sport led by local fly-fishing guides.

AFFGA president Paul Pinder sent a letter to the Prime Minister's Office in October 2009, won support from the Minis ...

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