Liberian state actors in lucrative revenue-generating agencies such as the National Fisheries and Aquaculture Authority (NaFAA) would spare no effort in collecting fees intended for the national coffers through backdoors dealing with Spanish-Senegalese fishing trawlers that are operating in Liberian waters under the guise of research fishing activities.
Although the Liberian Fisheries law of 2019 does not grant permission to ‘experimental fishing’ except for scientific research purposes: “no research fishing authorization shall be issued without such plan having been submitted to and approved by the Director-General,” -part 3 section 10.24, Liberian authorities issued temporary authorization for experimental fishing in Liberian waters. Investigation into circumstances surrounding the issuance of these temporary permits found no specific payment method for the experimental fishing authorization.
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