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While it's hard to regulate fishing when your country is made up of endless islands, it's quite easy to regulate dynamite. So no, I don't think the number of is

While it's hard to regulate fishing when your country is made up of endless islands, it's quite easy to regulate dynamite. So no, I don't think the number of islands is an excuse. In Fiji, for example, no fisherman could get dynamite if they wanted it. The only way to get that is if you run a (very heavily regulated) mine, or a quarry, and you'd have to account for every blast.

lmz 22d ago
Does it have to be dynamite or are other, improvised explosives possible?
- floam 22d ago
  The article mentioned fertilizer - that’s not straightforward to control and precisely account for.
- chasd00 21d ago
  Ammonia nitrate (fertilizer) + diesel + a blasting cap is what was used in the Oklahoma City bombing iirc.
cm2012 22d ago
The fishermen don't use regular dynamite. They make their own with easily available agricultural and mining chemicals, which are impossible to ban on the island without other worse effects.
huurtehoog 21d ago
If you think islanders are not adept at contraband, you should read more, or better, history books.