Dozens of large foreign trawlers are licensed to fish in Sierra Leonean waters and the aim of the ban, which expired on Tuesday, was to help replenish species damaged by overfishing. But those arrested were local people.
With a single deep-sea patrol boat, Sierra Leone was hard put to stop vessels looting its waters despite a month-long ban on industrial fishing.
“If we had more than one offshore patrol vessel, then we would have the flexibility of tasking one vessel down south, and the other one up north, and one even in standby. But now we are talking about just one offshore patrol vessel.However, the JMC has introduced daily patrols, making a big difference from one outing per week.
It also obliged industrial fishing firms to store fish of different species in cold rooms to prevent shortages and price increases. Local fishing families blame the trawlers offshore for wreaking havoc on fish supplies in Atlantic waters and believe the month-long ban has been far too short. He spoke of zones where fish used to be abundant, but today “there is nothing left”. “Where we fish now, only God can help us, because there are so many rocks,” he added.
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