The fishery department has launched a crackdown on the illegal hunting of mulla and other endangered fishes in the Siren River in capital of Mansehra District located in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan.
“The action is meant to check the use of electric current and explosives to catch fish,” inspector of the fisheries department Sadia Noor told reporters in Dadar area of Siren valley on Saturday.
She said the department was taking all possible measures to protect mulla and other local fishes.
Trader leader in Jabori area Abdul Wahid Khan said the crackdown on illegal fishing was a good initiative but the fishery department’s inspectors weren’t properly equipped to reach the areas, where illegal fishing took place.
Led by Ms Noor, a team of the department arrested three men for illegally fishing in the Siren River in Dadar and Sum areas and fined them heavily.
“We have been issuing permits for fishing with the help of hooks, so killing fishes by electric current and explosives can’t be allowed,” Ms Noor said.
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