‘Centre, provinces should work together to improve fisheries’

The federal and provincial governments need to arrive at compromises that meet the needs of fishing operations carried out on different scales, nutritional needs of people, and economic aspirations of fishing communities, said the United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) policy officer Genevieve Hussain on Tuesday.

She was speaking during a public consultation workshop organised by the FAO under the the Sindh Agriculture Policy 2018-2030, to validate a proposed fisheries action plan for the province.

Sindh livestock and fisheries department secretary Aijaz Ahmed Mahesar highlighted the need for having proper plan in place for the implementation of the Sindh Agriculture Policy 2018-2030.

“Without an action plan, there can be no budgetary allocation, and so it is essential that we have this plan agreed and in place so that the policy is implemented properly,” he said.

Published in The Express Tribune, February 3^rd, 2021.