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[email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Deputy Emir receives Sri Lankan envoy US preparing Inspectors raid sanctions on China jetty to enforce after hacking WASHINGTON: The United States is drawing up economic kingfish ban sanctions to target Chinese firms and individuals that profited from cyber attacks on American Shortage leads to price rise targets, the Washington Post reported yesterday. DOHA: Marine inspectors are QR95 a kg, while its rate usu- The report, citing administra- conducting rigorous checks at ally averages between QR30 and tion officials, said US President Al Khor fishing jetty to ensure QR40 a kg. Sometimes it is even Barack Obama’s government has that fishermen are not using cheaper. not yet decided whether to put nets to catch kingfish after Qatar’s Coast Guard is provid- the sanctions in place but is now Qatar, with fellow GCC states, ing all possible help to the marine preparing the ground. banned its fishing from August inspectors from the Ministry of Any move by the world’s big- 15 to October 15. Environment in conducting the gest economy to punish the second GCC countries had decided checks. largest could have global political in June 2012 to ban the fish- The ministry has urged fisher- Deputy Emir H H Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad Al Thani receiving credentials of Dr WM Karunadasa, the ambas- and economic consequences and ing of kingfish, known locally as men not to catch the fish using sador of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka to Qatar, yesterday.