A senior fisheries official met with a group of Kavango East lodge owners last week to discuss the critical state of fish stocks in the Okavango River owing in large part to a lack of law enforcement despite escalating overfishing and illegal fishing practices.
The permanent secretary of the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Moses Maurihungirire, described the meeting as “very healthy”, adding that a number of priority areas were identified that would receive immediate attention.
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