date:Jul 10, 2012
ng activities and ensure that it is conducted legally in accordance with prevailing laws and regulations. He also said that the government would continue fighting dynamite and coral reef fishing, which is being conducted by local small-scale fishermen.
We'll continue to educate fishermen on how to conduct safe and legal fishing. We've already reached at least 703 groups of fishermen, some of which were established only recently, he said.
The deputy minister said that out of the 703 groups, 179