Police and MAF officers took the men into custody after they seized 34 undersized crabs on sale outside a supermarket in central Apia.
ACEO Fisheries Division, Magele Etuati Ropeti said their Monitoring, Control, Surveillance and Enforcement Unit (MCSE) had been preparing for the operation three weeks prior to carrying out the sting after receiving several reports from the public regarding the sale of undersized fish and based on information collected during the Ministry’s regular site monitoring checks.
