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Offshore trawling ban to stem fishery crisis
A three-month ban on offshore fishing has been ordered by Burma’s Department of Fisheries to allow marine fish stocks to replenish.
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Burma’s fishing wars
Fishermen in Arakan State are being pushed out of their fishing grounds by bigger foreign commercial vessels. The fishing industry has grown unchecked and unregulated for 30 years and fish stocks have depleted significantly.
