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Goa government not doing enough to check fish poaching: Congress
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SME Times News Bureau | 13 Mar, 2018
The Goa government is not doing enough to stop poaching by fishermen
from Maharashtra and Karnataka, state Congress president Shantaram Naik
said on Monday.
Speaking to reporters at the state Congress
headquarters, Naik also claimed that if sea-fish as a natural resource
was not harvested efficiently, the coastal state could head for a fish
famine.
"Fishermen are facing the problems of fish poaching by
fishermen from Maharashtra and Karnataka. However, the government is not
taking steps to prevent such poaching," Naik said.
The Goa
government is already contemplating banning of fisheries-related exports
in view of the shrinking fish catch along the state's coastline.
Overkill
of fish for export and to cater to the hospitality industry in the
tourism-oriented state, as well as rising sea temperatures, have
resulted in a fish famine of sorts in the waters off Goa, driving prices
of locally consumed staple fish through the roof.
Several marine
experts have been warning the Goa government about how pollution near
Goa's river mouths and in the waters off the state's coastline as well
as over-fishing using banned practices like bull trawling and LED
fishing, could also lead to fish famine in the state.
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