The Union of Agricultural Work Committees (UAWC) has belittled any Israeli decision to increase the area of fishing in Gaza waters describing such step if happened as a snare to be used by the Israeli occupation state to arrest more Palestinian fishermen and seize their boats.
In remarks to the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) on Wednesday UAWC official Zakariya Baker said that the Palestinian side did not receive any official decision from the Israelis about expanding the permitted fishing range off the coast of Gaza.
“Expanding the fishing range to 12 nautical miles from the Gaza Valley to Rafah is only a small area not exceeding five kilometers” Baker affirmed adding that the fishermen needs sufficient space in which to move freely in order to look for fish.
“When the occupation announced yesterday about expanding the fishing zone [in Gaza] through its media without informing us officially it arrested a fisherman and his son as they were fishing. How come?” he said.
