Crawfish season opens today strictly for Bahamians

Thu, Aug 1st 2019, 08:26 AM

 

 

 

Today marks the opening of the 2019 crawfish season and Minister of Agriculture and Marine Resources Michael Pintard reiterated yesterday that the government is taking a hard position enforcing the “for Bahamians only” policy in the industry, ending the special provisions which had for years allowed foreign fishers living in The Bahamas on a work permit or spousal permit to participate in the harvesting of crawfish.

Pintard said 600 compressor permits are issued each year to Bahamian fishers, however there are typically 40 applications submitted on a yearly basis by foreigners, which have to be approved by the minister.

A dive compressor permit is required for the use of the fishing gear which is used to harvest crawfish between the depths of 30 feet and 60 feet.

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