The head of the Kuwaiti Federation of Fishermen, Zaher Al-Suwayan, announced, Monday, August 15, a ban has been slapped on kingfish fishing for two months until October 15, and called on all fishermen to adhere to the fishing seasons in order to preserve the fish wealth and fish stocks of the country.
Al-Suwayan said in a statement to a local Arabic daily, the fishing sector is one of the most important sectors of food security in the country and deserves to be protected to develop it and increase the support provided to it, pointing out that the support for fishermen has remained the same since the beginning of the nineties and did not move like other subsidies for food security sectors.
He pointed to the need to allow fishermen to fish for mead inside Kuwait Bay according to controls put in place by the Environment Public Authority and under the supervision of the fisheries sector in the Public Authority for Agriculture, stressing that the mead fish are found only in shallow waters and of they are not fished they migrate to neighboring countries, hoping that PAAAFR will allow fishing mead is inside the Kuwait Bay after getting the approval from the Environment Public Authority under the supervision and control of its inspectors, especially as it is one of the favorite foods of citizens and its presence in abundance will help reduce prices.
He explained that the Environment Public Authority has opened fishing inside Kuwait Bay for fishing enthusiasts, with a prior reservation on the authority’s website, hoping that the fishermen will have a share in this, declaring their willingness to pay any required fees, in order to provide the supply in the markets in the quantities required for consumers.
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