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Businesses with a "passion for Jersey's heritage" are being invited to express interest in operating the St Catherine's bunker site, as a long-running fish business prepares to vacate the site after more than 20 years.
Jersey Turbot Farm - the current leaseholders of the bunker, tunnels and outside area - have given notice that they are ending their long association with the site, which once served as a stronghold for German forces.
Ports is seeking expressions of interest from businesses with "viable ideas".
In the August edition of Connect, Head of Maritime Operations Louise Stafford said there was a drive to work with businesses in the area around sustainability to support tourism, with a focus on environmental projects that could make St Catherine's a "green harbour".
Events and Project Support Manager, Kim Gilbraith, said: “St Catherine's war tunnels hold a profound historical significance, serving as a lasting testament to the island's wartime past and offering an educational experience for visitors."
Pictured: Louise Stafford speaking about the 'green harbour' ambitions in a previous edition of Connect.
Ms Gilbraith continued: “We would like to hear from experienced businesses with a passion for Jersey’s heritage and who are keen to contribute to the local economy by enhancing visitors’ experience of this beautiful location. This is a unique chance to contribute to the local community and to the preservation of a valuable historic building.
“We would like to hear from businesses whose ideas would widen the opportunities for people to enjoy this area, enabling them to spend time enjoying its natural beauty and unique heritage.”
"A lasting testament to the island's wartime past"
Widerstandsnest (resistance nest) Mole Verclut is based at Gibraltar Rock at St Catherine and was a substantial stronghold for the Germans. It incorporated two heavy machine gun bunkers, shelters, anti-tank defences and a tunnel.
A resistance nest was a small pocket of resistance, with up to 10 soldiers and light weapons. They would manage anti-tank weapons, an observation post or a field gun.
Resistance Nest Mole Verclut's function was described as: to prevent enemy landings on the breakwater in St Catherine's Bay and Fliquet Bay, enemy attack from land and to work in co-operation with Archirondel Tower, La Perelle I and II and Resistance Nest Fliquet.
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