Mon, 30 Oct 2017 13:40:48 +0000 By Oliver Samboko The presence of a large number of illegal and unlicensed fishing rigs on Lake Kariba in Siavonga District has the potential to wipe-out the entire fish population, if nothing is urgently done to arrest the situation,” officials at the Ministry of Fisheries have warned. The number of illegal rigs run by gangs commonly known locally as “PILIBUKA” had doubled and choked the already over-fished Lake. The lack of law enforcement is the major contributor to depletion of fish and despite various sensitisation campaigns on the matter, illegal fishing gangs have continued operating on the lake with impunity and eluding the fisheries officers who are poorly funded and lack water transport to carry out patrols on the Lake. “enforcing of the already existing established laws has been identified as one of the deterrents that can be a success if properly implemented but that the challenge has been […]
