Binaebi Oyeghe Mangrove Don wrote:

The Trawlers are prowling, emptying our oceans, people are quiet, the government is quiet, but just one whale or turtle or dolphin that missed the Chinese trawlers, or missed navigation route and lands on our shores or the native fishermen toil to catch, that is when the conservationists, marine biologists, marine geologists, and even the marine engineers, oceanographers, the whole city people made up of the Facebook Bayelsa Nat Geo Wild executives will now remember the theories of Engendered Species and will pour out with their vuvuzelas on why we should not eat this or that.

If you go to Foropa coastal waters right now in Southern Ijaw LGA you will spot legions of trawlers from Lagos owned mostly by the Chinese raking up even the smallest bonga and prawn just few nautical miles away from the shores.

They sometimes destroyed the nets and hook lines of local fishermen and threatens to shoot them.

No one has said anything about the atrocities of these trawlers and the economic dismantling of our local fishing industry as they leave virtually nothing behind their scavenging trail in that direction of the ocean.

While I think proper enlightenment of our local fishing folks on the need to spare some rare species of aquatic creatures is important, it is quite unfortunate that our government has not shown any interest in this direction.

These fishermen who are fighting for economic survival on our fast deplating ocean resources see anything edible caught from the ocean as part of God's favour in their subsistent struggle for survival.

They are finding it relatively difficult to face the competition from these fishing trawlers that employs modern fishing methods and technology to scoop the ocean resources.

For the local offshore fishermen to increase fishing output our government should check the fishing methods and activities of these trawlers around our coastal ommunities, as this will improve productivity of the local fishing industry.

This way they might be content with their daily catch and spare these rare aquatic creature considered to be near extinct.

Our goverment should demonstrate commitment on the need to set up coastal guards/lifeguards, establish a conversation and properly educate fishermen, as well as hunters, to spare certain categories of wildlife.

#MANGROVEDON
Saveourwildlife

lala come puish this sensitive topic to front page o

fishing is a multi million dollar businesses and these foreigners are cashing in big due to our ignorance plus the government 'I don't care attitude' to their activities

so, since lala is synonymous to snake/bush meat and/or pepper soup, just come and help sensitive our people small

Op, thanks for this mind opening post.

judgementyard:
Op, thanks for this mind opening post.

w can't forever be in silence while foreigners in collaboration with our short sighted/evil men in authority takes over every resources in our backyard