6. Initiatives of leading fishers for the inclusion of migrant fishermen
In Lompoul, Grand Cote, drift nets operated at night by migrant fishermen from neighbouring Saint-Louis and Fase Boye sometimes get entangled with the buoy lines of bottom gill nets set by local fishermen. The migrant fishers often cut the buoy lines at night, causing the loss of the drift nets of the local fishermen. In 2020, fishermen in Lompoul confiscated the drift nets of Fase Boye and Saint Luis fishermen, leading to a conflict. To resolve the conflict, leading fishers of CLPA Lompoul travelled to Saint-Louis and Fase Boye in early 2021 and later invited leading fishers of both locations to Lompoul to discuss drift net operations in Lompoul by migrant fishers. After coordination, an agreement was reached to prohibit nighttime operations of drift net fishing between 15 June and 15 July 2021, the peak fishing season for bottom gillnet fishing, and this was enacted as a Luga Provincial Ordinance.