Fisheries body supports conch export ban by '22
ykemp@tribunemedia.net A fisheries advocacy body has backed the Government's plan to ban conch exports by 2022 as well as its plan to ban foreign nationals from working on Bahamian-owned fishing vessels. Paul Mailis, director of the National Fisheries Association of The Bahamas (NFA), told Tribune Business he had "desired a conch ban for many years” after Michael Pintard, minister for agriculture and fisheries, told Parliament a ban on exports would be introduced within two years. The Fisheries Bill, which was introduced to Parliament on Wednesday, has held to the Government's position on b...
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