LAHORE: The Punjab government has slapped a decade-long ban on fishing in province\u2019s rivers, citing extinction threat to several fish species. Punjab Fishing Department also declared province\u2019s water resources an \u201caqua sanctuary\u201d for the next 10 years. The ban is on fishing for commercial purposes which automatically cancelled contracts worth millions. Under the new directives, only five fish weighing up to 8kg each cane be caught with the help of \u201crod line\u201d in particular districts. For which, the contractor must obtain permit worth ranging from Rs500 to 5,000 from the Fishing Department. DNA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
LAHORE: The Punjab government has slapped a decade-long ban on fishing in province\u2019s rivers, citing extinction threat to several fish species. Punjab Fishing Department also declared province\u2019s water resources an \u201caqua sanctuary\u201d for the next 10 years. The ban is on fishing for commercial purposes which automatically cancelled contracts worth millions. Under the new directives, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-309748","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-national"},"yoast_head":"\n