As the Easter Season approaches, the Forestry Service in the
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries is appealing to
the public to avoid the use of hazardous substances to capture
River Lobster, Crayfish, Shrimp, Fish, and other aquatic wildlife.
The Forestry Department says hazardous substances can be: <\/p>\n\n\n\n
any electrical device designed to frighten any protected or partially
protected wildlife, Any article of any nature which is likely to
cause injury to any protected or partially protected wildlife or
any noxious substance for the purpose of killing and or injuring
any protected or partially protected wildlife.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Department has made it clear that river poisoning is illegal
\nand it can disrupt the natural proces of the rivers, streams and
\nsprings and may endanger the lives of the people in entire
\ncommunities downstream as well as other persons who may eat
\nthe fishes.
\nIt warned that persons guilty of such an offence are liable to a
\nfine of two thousand dollars and to imprisonment for six
\nmonths.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
As the Easter Season approaches, the Forestry Service in the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries is appealing to the public to avoid the use of hazardous substances to capture River Lobster, Crayfish, Shrimp, Fish, and other aquatic wildlife. The Forestry Department says hazardous substances can be: any electrical device designed to frighten any protected<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":3529,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local-news"],"yoast_head":"\n