FISHING vessels and passenger boats at Lautoka’s Queens Wharf have been secured and stored away by owners in anticipation of worsening weather conditions over the next few days.

Yesterday, fishermen reported they had cut short their fishing trips to the Yasawas.

“We had to come back quickly because there was just too much rain,” said Lautoka fisherman Shalen Kumar.

“We could have stayed on for a few more nights, but it was getting harder to see at night and the sea was too rough.”

He said their return was prompted by the weather warning.

“We heard there could be a cyclone coming so we did not want to stay out any longer.”

Another fisherman from Koroipita settlement, Kishore Kumar, was also at the wharf yesterday after a cancelled trip.

“I was hoping to get enough money for my family, but we had to come back home early,” he said.

“We were in the Yasawas from Tuesday and by Wednesday the weather was not really good.

“On our way this morning, there was too much rain and it was very hard to see where we were going.”