{"id":9736,"date":"2018-08-10T06:35:27","date_gmt":"2018-08-10T06:35:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/?p=9736"},"modified":"2018-08-10T15:28:33","modified_gmt":"2018-08-10T15:28:33","slug":"lake-tanganyika-fighting-against-illegal-fishing-sites-at-all-cost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/lake-tanganyika-fighting-against-illegal-fishing-sites-at-all-cost\/","title":{"rendered":"Lake Tanganyika: \u201cFighting against illegal fishing sites at all cost\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>G\u00e9rard Nyandwi, chairman of the Technical Commission for Security and Lake Navigation says an operation to seize and destroy prohibited materials used in fishing has been launched since June 2017. He says about 300 canoes and 1500 mosquito nets previously intended for the fight against malaria were seized and destroyed. \u201cOther prohibited items that were confiscated include more than 800 gill nets and loincloths\u201d, he says. Nyandwi says the gillnets come from the DRC.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9727\" style=\"width: 471px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9727\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-9727\" src=\"http:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/filets-prohib\u00e9s-300x173.jpg\" alt=\"Seized mosquito nets and canoes are burnt \" width=\"461\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/filets-prohib\u00e9s-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/filets-prohib\u00e9s-768x442.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/filets-prohib\u00e9s-600x345.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/filets-prohib\u00e9s.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 461px) 100vw, 461px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9727\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Seized mosquito nets and canoes are burnt<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The chairman of the Technical Commission for Security and Lake Navigation also says illegal fishing sites have been identified during a sensitization campaign. \u201cIllegal fishermen have created different fishing sites on the shores of Lake Tanganyika and use mosquito nets in the frightening areas where fish breed,\u201d he says adding that those mosquito nets are used to catch eggs and juvenile fish.<\/p>\n<p>Nyandwi says the commission is committed to fighting against illegal fishermen as they facilitate the fraud and entrance of illegal weapons. \u201cWe are committed to cracking down on illegal fishing,\u201d he says. The identified illegal fishermen have been fined from BIF 250 thousand to two million.<\/p>\n<p>G\u00e9rard Nyandwi, however, deplores the lack of collaboration between the commission and the local administration officials to fight against illicit fishing. \u201cOur commission is responsible for security in the Lake. With these prohibited materials, good fishing will be hampered by illegal fishermen.<\/p>\n<p>Tomorrow, we will not have fish anymore,\u201d he says. The chairman of the Technical Commission for Security and Lake Navigation ask those illegal fishermen to join the acceptable fishing sites. Otherwise, he says, sanctions are provided for in the Code of Transport and Lake Navigation and in Law on Fishing and Aquaculture.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>G\u00e9rard Nyandwi, chairman of the Technical Commission for Security and Lake Navigation says an operation to seize and destroy prohibited materials used in fishing has been launched since June 2017. He says about 300 canoes and 1500 mosquito nets previously intended for the fight against malaria were seized and destroyed. \u201cOther prohibited items that were [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":9727,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10,670],"tags":[212,255],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9736"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9736"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9736\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9738,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9736\/revisions\/9738"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}