A section of fishermen in the island district of Kalangala in Ūganda have protested the continuous closure of eight landing sites by the Fisheries Protection Unit (FPU) over alleged illegal fishing.
They say the enforcers of fishing standards lost direction on how their operations ought to be conducted as they embarked on halting fishing activities on selected landing sites instead of arresting the culprits.
Mr Daniel Kaweesi, a fisherman at Misonzi Landing site in Bufumira Sub County said they are left with no alternative, but instead to quit the fishing business given the misery they have endured over the years.
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