{"id":742311,"date":"2019-11-11T16:38:40","date_gmt":"2019-11-11T16:38:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/11\/11\/18-fishermen-arrested-for-illegal-fishing\/"},"modified":"2019-11-11T16:38:40","modified_gmt":"2019-11-11T16:38:40","slug":"18-fishermen-arrested-for-illegal-fishing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/11\/11\/18-fishermen-arrested-for-illegal-fishing\/","title":{"rendered":"18 Fishermen Arrested For Illegal Fishing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>The suspects with the exhibits<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A<br \/>\nTOTAL of 18 fishermen, including a Chinese, have been arrested in a dawn swoop<br \/>\nfor allegedly engaging in illegal fishing.<\/p>\n<p>The<br \/>\noperation was conducted by the Eastern Naval Command in Tema\u00a0at high seas<br \/>\non Saturday around Prampram, Teshie, Nungua and Tema.<\/p>\n<p>Nine<br \/>\ngenerators were impounded in the exercise which was in collaboration with the<br \/>\nFisheries Enforcement Unit led by the Minister\u00a0of Fisheries and<br \/>\nAquaculture Development, Elizabeth Naa Afoley Quaye.<\/p>\n<p>Light<br \/>\nfishing in which ship\/canoe owners use powerful lights to attract fishes in the<br \/>\nsea at night and catch them is an illegal act. In spite of that, some persons<br \/>\nstill engage in the illegal act, thereby compelling the authorities to<br \/>\nintensify their patrols.<\/p>\n<p>The<br \/>\nminister said the operation which started midnight saw four canoes and two<br \/>\ntrawlers with 18 persons on board engaging in illegal fishing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe<br \/>\nthink that after a successful closed season we will not be seeing things like<br \/>\nthis. I mean illegal fishing and other practices which are not good for<br \/>\nfishing. These people were arrested at high seas for light fishing contrary to<br \/>\nthe laws,\u201d she lamented.<\/p>\n<p>She<br \/>\ncommended fishermen who abide by the law and cautioned those who engaged in<br \/>\nillegal fishing to desist from the practice.<\/p>\n<p>She<br \/>\nsaid the culprits would be handed over to the police for further investigation<br \/>\nand prosecution, while the exercise goes on unabated.<\/p>\n<p>It emerged that the Chinese who was picked up was in possession of an expired immigration document and the minister said he would be handed over to Ghana Immigration Service for the necessary action to be taken against him.<\/p>\n<p><strong>From Vincent Kubi, Tema<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The suspects with the exhibits A TOTAL of 18 fishermen, including a Chinese, have been arrested in a dawn swoop for allegedly engaging in illegal fishing. 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