Fight against fish poachers hampered by lack of resources, says scientist

Fight against fish poachers hampered by lack of resources, says scientist

Source: royalgazette

11/25/2020

The fisheries department will find it difficult to catch and punish poachers because of a lack of resources, a marine biologist warned yesterday.

Thaddeus Murdoch, the former head of the marine research programme BREAM, said he supported a Government plan to crack down on lawbreakers with increased penalties for hunting protected species.

But he added that a lack of funding and a long shoreline could make it difficult for the Department of Environment and Natural Resources to find poachers and enforce the rules.

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