On Nov. 19th, Sam's Tour Blog posted some pictures and comment about a Live Reef Fishing going on in Kayangel's waters (http://www.samstours.com/blog/). Apparently, Kayangel has some kind of agreement with a fishing company based in Taiwan or Hong Kong. "While it all sounds very innocent the highly destructive practice can wipe out targeted species in a matter of months" (Sam's Tour Blog).
The blog has sparked some anger with Kayangel's Governor who is not very happy about the blogger taking pictures of Kayangel port without the state's permission. However he was upset with the "unpermitted" fishing which has been going on for about a year according to Sam's Tour.
What do you all think? What can be done to prevent things like this; or better yet, what does it say about our government? Not too long ago former President KN worked out a clever deal with the government to reduce the penalties owed by PMIC for unpaid taxes; not only that, PMIC was also caught red handed with shark fins. It seems like businesses and private interests come before our precious environment, our treasures.
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