The National Fisheries and Aquaculture Authority ( NaFAA) has given all paddle canoe commonly known as Kru Canoe fishermen three months (January – March 31,2021) grace period for the payment of their 2021 fishing license fees.
The government of Liberia through NaFAA reached the decision over the weekend following a three-day consultative meeting held at the Mesurado Pier on Bushrod Island with paddle canoe representatives (Kru Fishing Chiefs) outside Monrovia from January 20-23, 2021.
At the close of the joint consultative meeting with the Kru Fishing Chiefs, NaFAA through its Director General, Madam Emma Metieh Glassco disclosed a downward adjustment (due to the prevailing rate) in the fishing license fees for the paddle canoes across Liberia.
Hon. Glassco announced that Kru canoe operators will now pay US$50.00 United States Dollars or its equivalent as fishing license fees for 2021 beginning March 31.
Mrs. Glassco furthered stated that in 2007 this was the fees charged by the then Bureau of National Fisheries, BNF under the Ministry of Agriculture as fishing license fees.