Labuan fishermen fear livelihood
Published on: Wednesday, January 17, 2018
Labuan: Local fishermen fear that the presence of several deep-sea boats close to shore will result in depletion of marine stock and will affect their livelihood. The fishermen complained to PAS here which confirmed six deep-sea boats off Kampong Layang-Layangan, last Sunday."The boats could be photographed by a handphone camera, meaning that they could not be more than five nautical miles away. The boats had been at the spot for about a week and engaging in activities not visible from the shore.
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"They could also be spotted from Sungei Labu, Sungei Lada and Pohon Batu," the statement added.PAS feared their activities could affect the income of local fishermen as well as cause a shortage of fresh fish in Labuan. PAS noted that not long ago, a fishing boat meant for deep-sea fishing was nabbed 6.5 nautical miles from the coast of Trengganu.The activity was in violation of the condition of the fishing permit issued to the deep-sea fishing boats.
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