RED TIDE ANNOUNCEMENT RELEASED ON
21 FEBRUARY 2004
PRESS
RELEASE
A
COMMUNICATION OF
THE DEPARTMENT OF FISHERIES
MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY AND PRIMARY RESOURCES
LATEST
INFORMATION ON THE
OCCURRENCE OF RED TIDE IN WATERS OF BRUNEI DARUSSALAM
A COMMINIQUE ISSUED BY
THE DEPARTMENT OF FISHERIES, MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY AND PRIMARY RESOURCES STATES THAT :
THE
LATEST MONITORING CARRIED OUT BY THE DEPARTMENT OF FISHERIES USING BOATS
AND AERIAL SURVEILLANCE WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE AIR FORCE OF THE ROYAL BRUNEI ARMED
FORCES USING HELICOPTER HAS SHOWN THAT THE
RED TIDE HAS NOW EXTENDED TO
THE WATERS OF BELAIT
AND THE BRUNEI BAY
UP TO PULAU BERAMBANG.
IN
VIEW OF THE LATEST DEVELOPMENT, THE DEPARTMENT OF FISHERIES HAS ONCE AGAIN
BANNED THE PUBLIC, ESPECIALLY
FISHERMEN, FROM CATCHING AND
HARVESTING OF SMALL FISH AND SHELLFISH AS WELL AS
COLLECTING DEAD FISH FROM THE
WATERS OF MUARA UP TO BELAIT
AND THE BRUNEI BAY
UP TO PULAU BERAMBANG.
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ZULHIJJAH 1424
21 FEBRUARY 2004
