The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Land Reform is considering exploring a range of measures to enforce compliance with fishing regulations.

This follows calls for the government to lift the temporary ban on pilchard catches following reports of illegal landings of bycatches of the species.

Swapo Party MP Richard Gaoseb has presented the National Council Standing Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and Natural Resources' report, based on its investigations into the status of Namibia's marine and inland fishing resources.

A technical team led by the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources is in the ||Kharas Region engaging communities upstream of the Neckartal Dam.

The aim of the visit is to explore the sustainability and feasibility of developing inland small-scale fisheries on the banks of the dam.