Worried by the destructive mode of fishing employed by the Illegal fishermen whose activities are posing danger to the aquatic environment within Bayelsa State, the State House of Assembly has passed a one-point resolution calling on concerned authorities of government at all levels to take action.
The resolution followed a motion by a lawmaker, Charles Daniel, who said the fishermen use dynamites and dangerous chemicals which put people as well as the coastal environment at great risk.
Presenting his motion at a sitting of the Bayelsa State Assembly Complex in Yenagoa, titled, ‘ The Need to Curb Illegal Fishing Techniques in Bayelsa State, the Lawmaker representing Brass Constituency One, Charles Daniel, noted that if not checked, the activities of the illegal fishermen mostly around the Brass River area could result in irreversible ecological damage.
Other lawmakers in their contributions during the debate expressed fears of possible food poisoning from contaminated fishes, noting that the situation also has the potential to creating an atmosphere for insecurity to thrive around the state’s waterways.
They, therefore, called on people and traditional rulers of coastal communities to be vigilant at all times.
Following a robust debate, the legislators thereafter amended all four prayers by Daniel into a resolution, which primarily urged the Federal and State Governments as well as the National Assembly to quickly come to the rescue of the people.