UAE: Authorities crackdown on sale of banned fish species

UAE: Authorities crackdown on sale of banned fish species

Abu Dhabi Agriculture and Food Safety Authority prohibits fishing and marketing these two species during breeding season in order to ensure their sustainability

Published: Mon 30 Jan 2023, 5:58 PM Last updated: Mon 30 Jan 2023, 6:41 PM

The Abu Dhabi Agriculture and Food Safety Authority (ADAFSA) has launched a campaign to crackdown on fishermen and traders flouting the law that bans fishing and marketing of goldlined seabream and king soldier bream during breeding season.

ADAFSA said the awareness drive is to implement Ministerial Resolution No. 1 of 2021 issued by the Ministry of Climate Change and Environment on the regulation of fishing and marketing of Goldlined Seabream (Rhabdosargus sarba) and King Soldier Bream (Argyrops spinifer) during the breeding season in fishing waters in all regions of the country.

The aim is to give these species of fish the opportunity to grow and reproduce in a way that ensures their sustainability and enhances and increases fish stocks.

The ministerial decision prohibits the fishing and trade of goldlined seabream and king soldier bream during their breeding season which began in 2021, during a specific period from February 1 to 28 of each year. It also bans the sales of these species regardless of their origin in