A team of officers from the Fiji Police Maritime Unit have been deployed to monitor and enforce the Environmental Emergency Declaration in waters declared as restricted.
The Fiji Police Force said that these officers have been deployed on Fiji Police Boat Uciwai where a number of fishermen and members of the public were asked to refrain from using the waters declared as restricted areas as per the Declaration.
This includes picnickers on Nukulau Island who were made aware of the declaration.
According to Police, they will continue to conduct checks on a daily basis.
In a statement the Fiji Police Force also said that no one has been arrested as officers on the ground at this point in time have been issuing warnings to those found in the restricted areas.
However if they do come across situations where there is resistance then the regulation will be enforced and people can be arrested and end up paying a fine of up to $2,000 or a 12 month imprisonment term.
