The navy has seized 49 trawlers caught illegally fishing in Myanmar waters since 2013, parliament heard yesterday. Deputy Minister for Livestock, Fisheries and Rural Development U Khin Maung Aye told MPs eight of the boats were from Thailand and the rest were local. The deputy minister was responding to a question from the Tanintharyi Region MP who represents the coastal constituency of Kyunsu, where fishing is the main source of employment.
Daw Tin Tin Yi had raised the question in connection with the controversial issue of hiring Thai and other technicians on Myanmar fishing boats which, she said, “might cause insecurity of information … loss of maritime resources, and unemployment of Myanmar fishing technicians and fishermen”.
Hiring foreign fishermen was allowed for 2015-16 fishing season as a trial period, replied the deputy minister. He said local fishing companies could apply for permission to hire skilled foreign fishermen by producing recommendations from the respective ministry, certificates from Ministry of Immigration and Population to prove the hired fishermen had been cleared from the blacklist, and a recommendation from Thai Embassy in Myanmar. (Courtesy of MMTimes)
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