Seine Bight

Seine Bight is a village on the Placencia Peninsula located in the Stann Creek District of Belize. It is located 2 and a half miles south of Maya Beach Village and North of the village of Placencia.[1] This small village has roughly 1,000 inhabitants, mostly Garifuna people who subsist on fishing, hunting, and homegrown vegetables.[2] The early settlers named their village for their favored fishing tackle, Seine fishing and a bight, a bend or curve in a coastline.[2]

References
  1. "Seine Bight: a village of richness". Belizeanjourneys.com. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
  2. "Seine Bight On Belize's Placencia Peninsula - Home of Garifuna Culture". Belize.com. Retrieved 1 March 2019.


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