New guidelines for foreign fishermen will be implemented in the first week of August according to Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries Mr Leslie Miller.<\/p>\n
“As it stands now, the boats that come into our country use a catch system that is expressed by the amount of persons on their vessel,” he said. “We want to dramatically change that to only a certain amount per vessel per day.<\/p>\n
“I find it asinine the way fishermen are taking advantage of our system,” he said. “For this reason, we are going from six. conchs per person a day to three conchs per vessel per day.”<\/p>\n
Mr Miller said the government hopes to eliminate the poaching of conch as soon as possible.<\/p>\n
“For decimal fish (for example groupers and snappers) we are going from 20 pounds per person per day to 20 pounds per vessel per day,” he said. “For dolphins (mahi-mahi), we will revert from six per person per day to six per vessel per day.”<\/p>\n
Mr Miller added that fishermen found catching undersized lobsters in the Bahamas will be warned only once, and that further offence will result in more serious measures.<\/p>\n
“Starting in August we are going to require that each hotel and docking facility in the Bahamas posts the new rules and regulations,” he added.<\/p>\n
Mr Miller said that this way, all tourists coming to the country for sports or leisurely fishing will be aware of the new guidelines.<\/p>\n
“No Bahamian can drop their line to fish on the shores of Florida or elsewhere – therefore, we should protect what we’ve got in the same way,” Mr Miller said.<\/p>\n
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