Kenya shelves plan to ban use of synthetic fishing materials

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Mining and Blue Economy Ministry Cabinet Secretary, Salim Mvurya. FILE PHOTO | DENNIS ONSONGO | NMG

Kenya has shelved a plan to ban the use of synthetic fishing materials, known as drifting fish aggregating devices, which attract hundreds of marine species, including tuna and non-tuna species in the Indian Ocean.

The government said the withdrawal of the ban will allow further discussion with European Union countries and other few distant water fishing nations pushing for more time to use the unrecyclable materials.

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