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A fisheries advocacy body has backed the Government s plan to ban conch exports by 2022 as well as its plan to ban foreign nationals from working on Bahamian-owned fishing vessels.
Paul Mailis, director of the National Fisheries Association of The Bahamas (NFA), told Tribune Business he had desired a conch ban for many years” after Michael Pintard, minister for agriculture and fisheries, told Parliament a ban on exports would be introduced within two years.
The Fisheries Bill, which was introduced to Parliament on Wednesday, has held to the Government s position on banning foreigners from working on Bahamian fishing vessels - an issue that has caused a split in the industry