World Fisheries Day Observed
KARACHI — The speakers at a workshop to observe World Fisheries Day highlighted and analyzed the issues, and formulated strategies for sustainable resource development and management of the marine fisheries sector of Pakistan.
Paul Fanning of Food & Agriculture of the United Nations and advisor to the goverment of Pakistan and the Secretary of Fisheries Waheed Ahmed shared information with the participants.
The aim of the workshop was to provide a platform to share ideas in coping with the problems faced by the fishermen.
Federal and provincial government officials, marine scientists, consultants, and representatives of fishermen from Sindh and Balochistan also attended the event.
The fishermen community should elect their own representatives to deal with real changes in their life, said member Provincial Assembly Sindh Humera Alwani. The National Centre for Maritime Policy Research organized the event.
She stressed the need of working at a grass-roots level to address the health, education, training and financial issues of the fishermen along the Sindh and Balochistan coasts.
On Indian fishermen violating sea limits, Director General of the Pakistan Maritime Security Agency, Rear Admiral Wasim Akram said expensive and widely-demanded red snapper, tiger prawn, shrimp, and lobsters were the main source of attraction for them in the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ).