Description & History: All Mon State coastal villages from Kyaikhto to Thaton have identified the use of Than Za Gar Pike nets as the major issue that is leading to a reduction in their fish catch in the Gulf of Mottama. This has been echoed by Myanmar Fisheries Federation and BANCA. Some informants have indicated that this practice has been going on for 25 years but there appears to have been an increase in the past four years possibly related to the previous Mon State government’s poverty reduction strategy that subsidised the purchase of new nets and possibly boats.