Business News of Tuesday, 11 October 2016Source: VOAArmy deploys Navy to seize illegal fishing vesselsFishing vesselsCameroon has deployed its navy to seize illegal fishing vessels off the country’s southwestern coast. Fifteen armed sailors of Cameroon's navy search the high seas off the central African state's Atlantic coast for illegal fishing boats scooping up large amounts of sealife for export. Dealing with foreign fishing vesselsSeveral countries' coast guards in the region have struggled to respond to the dramatic increase in the number of foreign fishing vessels. "For industrial fishing, fishing vessels are not supposed to go beyond three nautical miles from the coastal areas," he said. Limbe residents told VOA that last week local fishermen beat up a group of foreign fishermen and took their equipment.

Source: CameroonWeb October 11, 2016 05:10 UTC