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Special office created to oversee maritime sector

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    Guinea-Bissau’s head of state, Kumba Yala, has created a special unit within the office of the president to oversee the maritime sector, Portuguese radio, RDP, reported. The office will be headed by Pedro Pereira Bareto, a reserve officer and former director of the port of Bissau. The fisheries sector is among the highest foreign exchange earners in Guinea-Bissau. It has also been plagued by poaching. Last year Yala dismissed the head of the navy, Lamine Sanha, for releasing a Korean trawler caught fishing illegally in the country’s waters. Sanha initially refused to vacate his post, which led to a face-off between Yala and the military. Sanha eventually backed down.

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