Liberia: NaFAA Fines Illegal Ivorian Fishermen U.S.$5,000.00

Monrovia — In an effort to deter illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing across Liberia, the National Fisheries and Aquaculture Authority (NaFAA) has fined an illegal fishing boat containing seven migrants from the Ivory Coast US$5,000.00 in consistent with the 2010 fisheries regulations.

The Ivorian Boat which had entered Liberian waters illegally was arrested Wednesday, April 1, 2020 in Grandcess, Grand Kru County with the help of the Community Based Surveillance Network, a local community based organization along fishing communities in Liberia's nine coastal counties.

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