'Liberia has huge shrimp deposit', NaFAA MD tells Senate Committee

Monrovia — Madam Emma Glassco, head of the National Fisheries and Aquaculture Authority (NaFAA), has told members of the Senate Agriculture Committee about a huge potential for investment in the shrimp species. At a Senate committee appearance on Wednesday, she said, Liberia has an unharvest deposit of the shrimp species that has been untouched for the past 40 years but cannot invest into it by issuing licenses in fear of breaching international marine laws. "Over forty years nobody in Liberia has fished for shrimp. We think we have a huge potential in that area. In terms of crabs we have one of the best crab species in this sub-region. We have very good sea food but in keeping with international laws we cannot start licensing if we don't have data on the quantity of stock because as per international law only 40% of a species we can market." NaFAA boss also told committee members of the government's initiative to help peddlers transition to the use of motor boat through a ...