Maria David
INHABITANTS of the Zambezi Region have raised concerns over a growing number of illegal fishing being done by foreigners.
The complaints were raised by residents of Muyako village, who lives some 68km east of Katima Mulilo.
Headman of Muyako, Induna Chifu stressed that they are faced with the challenge of illegal fishermen entering the country through lake Liambezi to do fishing.
Chifu told the governors during the visit to Lake Liambezi that many illegal fishermen enter the water while they are sleeping at night to do fishing.
The illegal fishermen come as far as Congo, Zambia and Botswana, and once they are caught, they then get deported back to their countries.
“We are trying by all means to control illegal fishing by foreigners,” he said, adding that they currently established Muyako Fishing group, where those members do the patrol.
Chifu added that the group then act as community police, as they arrested, and handover the culprits to fisheries inspector and police to deal with the matter.
Further, Chifu said for their members to execute their operations successfully, they need safety gear when doing operations on the lake.
