Two arrested for illegal fishing of lobsters

Muscat: Two violators who were catching lobsters illegally in Dhofar Governorate have been arrested.

"The Coast Guard Police, in coordination with the fisheries control team, managed to arrest two violators on board a fishing boat in the Arabian Sea, adjacent to the Wilayat of Dhalkut, with a quantity of lobster caught outside the fishing season. The lobsters were confiscated and the necessary legal measures were taken against the violators," the Ministry of Agricultural, Fisheries and Water Resources said in a statement.