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Daily Monitor Thursday March 11 2021 Advertisement Kampala- The government on Tuesday tabled the Fisheries and Aquaculture Bill, 2020, in which it has proposed deterrent punishments for people convicted of committing offenses related to illegal fishing and mismanagement of water bodies. The Bill, tabled by Government Chief Whip Ruth Nankabirwa on behalf of the Ministry of Agriculture,  Animal Industry and Fisheries, seeks to repeal the Fish Act, Cap 197 in order to regulate the fish industry. In the Bill, that was sent to the Committee on Agriculture, the government is concerned with the use of explosives, poison, undersize nets and other illegal fishing gears to catch fish; pollution of the water bodies, illegal movement of fish and fish products, unlicensed boats, and compromised fisheries officers. 

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