The Saga District Court ordered the government Thursday to suspend construction of an inner dike in the Isahaya Bay reclamation project in line with a request by 106 fishermen.
The request was filed in November 2002 along with a damages suit, filed by some 860 people, demanding the state pay compensation to fishermen because the dike was harming the local fishing industry.
"The state should not proceed with the construction until the ruling on the damages suit is handed down," presiding Judge Yoshiyasu Enoshita said in the provisional order.