date:Aug 16, 2012
Mr Raiwalui says while having a shark sanctuary is good in conserving our sharks we need to consider the fisheries industry as a whole, reportsFBC.
He says putting a total ban on shark fishing will be difficult to monitor and enforce.
Other options are now being undertaken.
We have proposed to come up with a national plan of action for sharks because we see shark sanctuary is abit too harsh for us in Fiji. Apart from that our decrees the Offshore Fisheries Decree and Inshore Decree they ad