المملكة: "Mecca environment" 500 boats are subject to supervision… and 85 tours are conducted to protect fish stocks

Implement Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture in the Makkah al-Mukarramah Large-scale field monitoring campaigns, targeting fishermen’s ports and marine picnic sites, to enforce compliance with fishing regulations and ensure the sustainability of Fish Wealth and protecting it from unfair practices.

The branch’s Agriculture Department revealed the results of the campaign, which resulted in the implementation of “85” precise monitoring rounds, which included examining and inspecting nearly “500” fishing and pleasure boats, to ensure their regularity and the extent of their compliance with the approved regulations.

The field teams of the Fisheries Wealth Department focused their efforts on verifying the fishermen’s and hikers’ compliance with the regulations, and ensuring the use of regular fishing equipment, including It ensures the protection of fish stocks and the achievement of sustainability for living aquatic resources.

Protection of natural resources

The inspection operations coincided with the provision of intensive awareness and guidance programs for beneficiaries, which included a detailed explanation of the regulations and instructions, with the aim of raising the level of legal awareness and sparing fishermen from falling into regulatory violations.

For his part, Engineer Walid bin Ibrahim Al Deghis, Director General of the Ministry’s branch in the Makkah Al-Mukarramah region, confirmed that these moves come to consolidate To the principle of effective field monitoring to raise compliance rates and protect natural resources from depletion.

Maritime Practices

Al Deghais stressed that awareness represents a basic pillar that complements the supervisory role to achieve environmental sustainability goals, noting that the campaign seeks to control maritime practices in accordance with the highest regulatory standards.

The Director General of the branch appreciated the strategic cooperation and integration existing with the Border Guard Command in the Makkah Al-Mukarramah region and all participating parties, stressing their pivotal role in facilitating Tasks of observers and the success of compliance plans with agricultural regulations.

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