Being a strict follower of Jainism, he banned fishing in this part of the river.
The next thing you know, these commies are going to try to ban hunting and fishing.
Ashoka was perhaps the first emperor in human history to ban slavery, hunting, fishing and deforestation.
The authorities banned commercial fishing and advised people not to eat striped bass caught in the river.
I don't think that banning fishing is the answer.
But banning fishing, he said, is not the answer.
One approach is to ban fishing in areas where bycatch is unacceptably high.
In 1910, a state referendum banned commercial fishing on the Rogue, but this decision was reversed in 1913.
The Government did little, refusing even to ban fishing in the bay until 1968, after another outbreak of the disease closer to Tokyo forced action.
Louisiana has temporarily banned commercial fishing for redfish, in an effort to keep the species from becoming extinct.