{"id":161952,"date":"2022-11-07T12:41:49","date_gmt":"2022-11-07T16:41:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=161952"},"modified":"2022-11-07T12:41:49","modified_gmt":"2022-11-07T16:41:49","slug":"minister-and-japanese-ambassador-tour-urlings-fisheries-complex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/minister-and-japanese-ambassador-tour-urlings-fisheries-complex\/","title":{"rendered":"Minister and Japanese Ambassador tour Urlings Fisheries Complex"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a><\/div>
\"\"<\/a><\/div>

On Monday 31st October, Minister Samantha Marshall accompanied by Matsubara Yutaka, the Japanese Ambassador to Antigua and Barbuda, had a tour of the Urlings Fisheries Complex.<\/p>

\"\"<\/div>\n

Opened in 2004, the Fisheries Complex was a gift from the government and citizens of Japan, and it was designed to accommodate up to fourteen small vessels.<\/p>\n

However, almost two decades later, the amount and sizes of the vessels has increased leaving the smaller boats no other alternative but to moor up to as many as three abreast due to lack of space and this makes landing their catches more difficult.<\/p>

\"\"<\/a><\/div>
\"\"<\/div>\n

\u201cWe have approached the Japanese already and put forward our plans for expansion\u201d, said Minister Marshall.<\/p>

\"\"<\/a><\/div>\n

Additionally, the Minister assured that during the OECS Fisheries Ministers meeting recently held here, she raised the matter on both Urlings Fisheries Complex and Keeling Point Facility to the Vice Minister, Mr. Akimoto.<\/p>\n

Although the cost of the expansion has not yet been determined, we have the assurance that our Japanese Allies will be assisting Antigua and Barbuda with the pending expansions of the two facilities.<\/p>

\"\"<\/a><\/div>\n
\"\"<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On Monday 31st October, Minister Samantha Marshall accompanied by Matsubara Yutaka, the Japanese Ambassador to Antigua and Barbuda, had a tour of the Urlings Fisheries Complex. Opened in 2004, the Fisheries Complex was a gift from the government and citizens of Japan, and it was designed to accommodate up to fourteen small vessels. However, almost […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":161953,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-161952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\nMinister and Japanese Ambassador tour Urlings Fisheries Complex - Antigua News Room<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/minister-and-japanese-ambassador-tour-urlings-fisheries-complex\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Minister and Japanese Ambassador tour Urlings Fisheries Complex\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"On Monday 31st October, Minister Samantha Marshall accompanied by Matsubara Yutaka, the Japanese Ambassador to Antigua and Barbuda, had a tour of the Urlings Fisheries Complex. Opened in 2004, the Fisheries Complex was a gift from the government and citizens of Japan, and it was designed to accommodate up to fourteen small vessels. However, almost […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/minister-and-japanese-ambassador-tour-urlings-fisheries-complex\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Antigua News Room\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/antiguanewsroom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-11-07T16:41:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/urlings.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"740\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"768\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Editor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@AntiguaNewsRoom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@AntiguaNewsRoom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Editor\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/minister-and-japanese-ambassador-tour-urlings-fisheries-complex\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/minister-and-japanese-ambassador-tour-urlings-fisheries-complex\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Editor\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/36cac05ef6398fe56ae3e6317f8535c5\"},\"headline\":\"Minister and Japanese Ambassador tour Urlings Fisheries Complex\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-11-07T16:41:49+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-11-07T16:41:49+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/minister-and-japanese-ambassador-tour-urlings-fisheries-complex\/\"},\"wordCount\":186,\"commentCount\":2,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/minister-and-japanese-ambassador-tour-urlings-fisheries-complex\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:740\/h:768\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/urlings.jpeg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/minister-and-japanese-ambassador-tour-urlings-fisheries-complex\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/minister-and-japanese-ambassador-tour-urlings-fisheries-complex\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/minister-and-japanese-ambassador-tour-urlings-fisheries-complex\/\",\"name\":\"Minister and Japanese Ambassador tour Urlings Fisheries Complex - Antigua News Room\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/minister-and-japanese-ambassador-tour-urlings-fisheries-complex\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/minister-and-japanese-ambassador-tour-urlings-fisheries-complex\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:740\/h:768\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/urlings.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-11-07T16:41:49+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-11-07T16:41:49+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/minister-and-japanese-ambassador-tour-urlings-fisheries-complex\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/minister-and-japanese-ambassador-tour-urlings-fisheries-complex\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/minister-and-japanese-ambassador-tour-urlings-fisheries-complex\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:740\/h:768\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/urlings.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:740\/h:768\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/urlings.jpeg\",\"width\":740,\"height\":768},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/minister-and-japanese-ambassador-tour-urlings-fisheries-complex\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Minister and Japanese Ambassador tour Urlings Fisheries Complex\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/\",\"name\":\"Antigua News Room\",\"description\":\"News As It Happens\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Antigua Newsroom\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1080\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_1584.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1080\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_1584.jpeg\",\"width\":1260,\"height\":1260,\"caption\":\"Antigua Newsroom\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/antiguanewsroom\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/AntiguaNewsRoom\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/antiguanewsroom\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/36cac05ef6398fe56ae3e6317f8535c5\",\"name\":\"Editor\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536?s=96\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536?s=96\",\"caption\":\"Editor\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/author\/editor\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Minister and Japanese Ambassador tour Urlings Fisheries Complex - Antigua News Room","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/minister-and-japanese-ambassador-tour-urlings-fisheries-complex\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Minister and Japanese Ambassador tour Urlings Fisheries Complex","og_description":"On Monday 31st October, Minister Samantha Marshall accompanied by Matsubara Yutaka, the Japanese Ambassador to Antigua and Barbuda, had a tour of the Urlings Fisheries Complex. Opened in 2004, the Fisheries Complex was a gift from the government and citizens of Japan, and it was designed to accommodate up to fourteen small vessels. However, almost […]","og_url":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/minister-and-japanese-ambassador-tour-urlings-fisheries-complex\/","og_site_name":"Antigua News Room","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/antiguanewsroom","article_published_time":"2022-11-07T16:41:49+00:00","og_image":[{"width":740,"height":768,"url":"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/urlings.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Editor","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@AntiguaNewsRoom","twitter_site":"@AntiguaNewsRoom","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Editor","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/minister-and-japanese-ambassador-tour-urlings-fisheries-complex\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/minister-and-japanese-ambassador-tour-urlings-fisheries-complex\/"},"author":{"name":"Editor","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/36cac05ef6398fe56ae3e6317f8535c5"},"headline":"Minister and Japanese Ambassador tour Urlings Fisheries Complex","datePublished":"2022-11-07T16:41:49+00:00","dateModified":"2022-11-07T16:41:49+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/minister-and-japanese-ambassador-tour-urlings-fisheries-complex\/"},"wordCount":186,"commentCount":2,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/minister-and-japanese-ambassador-tour-urlings-fisheries-complex\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:740\/h:768\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/urlings.jpeg","articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/minister-and-japanese-ambassador-tour-urlings-fisheries-complex\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/minister-and-japanese-ambassador-tour-urlings-fisheries-complex\/","url":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/minister-and-japanese-ambassador-tour-urlings-fisheries-complex\/","name":"Minister and Japanese Ambassador tour Urlings Fisheries Complex - Antigua News Room","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/minister-and-japanese-ambassador-tour-urlings-fisheries-complex\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/minister-and-japanese-ambassador-tour-urlings-fisheries-complex\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:740\/h:768\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/urlings.jpeg","datePublished":"2022-11-07T16:41:49+00:00","dateModified":"2022-11-07T16:41:49+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/minister-and-japanese-ambassador-tour-urlings-fisheries-complex\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/minister-and-japanese-ambassador-tour-urlings-fisheries-complex\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/minister-and-japanese-ambassador-tour-urlings-fisheries-complex\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:740\/h:768\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/urlings.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:740\/h:768\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/urlings.jpeg","width":740,"height":768},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/minister-and-japanese-ambassador-tour-urlings-fisheries-complex\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Minister and Japanese Ambassador tour Urlings Fisheries Complex"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/","name":"Antigua News Room","description":"News As It Happens","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization","name":"Antigua Newsroom","url":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1080\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_1584.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1080\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_1584.jpeg","width":1260,"height":1260,"caption":"Antigua Newsroom"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/antiguanewsroom","https:\/\/x.com\/AntiguaNewsRoom","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/antiguanewsroom\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/36cac05ef6398fe56ae3e6317f8535c5","name":"Editor","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536?s=96","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536?s=96","caption":"Editor"},"url":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/author\/editor\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161952","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=161952"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161952\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/161953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}