Tag: "electric fishing"
Tough laws, new ideas end electric fishing in Vietnam’s Ca Mau
In-Depth 16:59 06/09/2025Once a widespread and feared method of fishing in Vietnam’s southernmost province, electric shocking is rapidly becoming a thing of the past, thanks to strict prison sentences, grassroots innovations, and a renewed communal push to protect freshwater fish stocks.
Hanoi fishers use illegal shock devices to catch fish under Long Bien Bridge
Vietnam News 11:28 27/05/2025Despite a government ban on using electric currents to catch fish, boats equipped with improvised electric shock devices continue to operate covertly along a stretch of the Red River beneath Hanoi’s historic Long Bien Bridge.
