Prosecutors of the Ministry of Environment confiscated on Wednesday, 15 May 2019 several lobsters and crabs that were for sale in fisheries in Pedernales. The sale of these is seasonally banned, from March to 30 June, in order to give time for these species to reproduce themselves. This is contemplated in Environmental Law 64-00.
The authorities seized 297 lobsters weighing approximately 330 lbs and 28 pounds of crab meat from fisheries in Miramar and Alcoa areas of Pedernales city. There were no arrests as reportedly the owners were not in.
Prosecutor Israel Trinidad Ferreras warned the owners of fisheries and the fishermen that the sale lobsters and crabs are banned during the season and the sale of parrotfish is banned all year. He told them that the next time the businesses are caught, the owners will be taken to justice.
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Listin Diario
16 May 2019