General decline in fisheries all over Maldives

MALE, Feb 3 (HNS) - Since the beginning of last week, Maldives has been experiencing a slump in fisheries throughout the country. The Haa Alifu atoll region in the north has been plagued with bad catches since last month, and the companies involved in buying fish in that region have said that they get to buy an average of only 10 to 15 tonnes of fish these days. The main reason for such poor catches is simply because the fishing season is over. Despite this, exporters are confident that mid-February will yield better catches. It has been sometime since fisheries declined in central Maldives, though the south does not appear to be experiencing as much trouble.