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Three fishermen have been arrested by the Coastguard in possession of 230kg of shrimps caught illegally using banned trawling nets, the Interior Ministry announced yesterday.
Legal steps are being taken to refer the case to the Public Prosecution, added a statement.
A six-month ban on fishing and trading in shrimps is currently in place to preserve fish stocks and protect the kingdom’s marine resources.
It ends on July 31.
In 2018, a trawling ban was introduced after it emerged that the country’s fish stocks had dropped by 90 per cent since 2004.
Trawling has one of the highest bycatch rates of all fishing techniques and often damages the sea floor, with nets dragged along the sea bottom, scooping up everything in their path. Species caught include turtles and juvenile fish.
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