Bomb fishing harms marine

Bomb fishing harms marine

JAYAPURA, Irian Jaya: A military official blamed Thursday the
practices of bomb fishing and cyanide fishing by local and
foreign fishermen for the degrading quality of marine habitat in
the Maluku and Irian waters.

Chief of the Jayapura Naval Base Commodore Freddy Numberi
called on local people to report those who use the fishing
practices and pledged that the navy would cooperate with the
local administration to take strong measures against violators.

"Those fishing practices can kill the whole marine habitat,"
Numberi was quoted by Antara as saying.