Restaurant operator and member of the Half Moon Bay Association, Donna Nation, said that beachgoers have generally adhered to state-ordered six-foot distancing rules, with the exception of Father’s Day, which saw hordes of leisure seekers swarming the facility.
Nation said that various business operators were seeking to use moral suasion and crowd control to keep beachgoers apart.
Nation warned that businesses would suffer another big hit if restrictions were tightened or, if worse, beaches were ordered closed.
Winston Brown’s catch supplies his fish shop on the beach, as well as many others.
Brown, a fisherman of 35 years, added: “I had to look other vendors to sell my fish to, because di COVID mek mi cyah even pay miself or di people dem that work in mi business place.”
