Government authorizes sports fishing inside conservation areas

An ordinance by the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation (ICMBio) allowed sports fishing inside Conservation Units in all of Brazil’s biomes. The normative also applies to Integral Conservation Units, highly sensitive areas from the biodiversity and environmental protection perspective. President Jair Bolsonaro defends sports fishing with enthusiasm and was fined while fishing in a protected area in the coast of Rio de Janeiro in 2012.