Unlicensed Fishers
February 13, 2009
EIGHTY-NINE per cent of the island's registered fishermen are operating without a licence, a probe by the Office of the Auditor General has found.
In a 2008 audit report, tabled in Parliament on Tuesday, the Auditor General's Department said of the approximately 17,552 registered fishers at May 2008, only 1,928 were licensed a "non-compliance rate of 89 per cent". In addition it said of the 4,719 vessels registered only 187 were licensed - a non-compliance rate of 96 per cent....
Author: Observer Reporter
Source: Jamaica Observer
