Install Turtle Excluder Device to nets while fishing, fishermen urged
2 months ago

Install Turtle Excluder Device to nets while fishing, fishermen urged

The Hindu  

Fishermen have been urged to install a Turtle Excluder Device to their nets while fishing. An awareness programme was held at the Fisheries Survey of India, Visakhpatnam, by the State Fisheries Department, Marine Police, Indian Coast Guard, GVMC and other departments at the Central Institute of Fisheries Technology in Visakhapatnam on Tuesday for the owners of mechanised, motor and traditional fishing boats on turtle conservation during fishing. He said the government had banned using of lights during fishing as it changes the behaviour of fishes and there was a possibility of a fall in fish population in the sea. The fishermen were told that the neighbouring Odisha State had declared a ‘No Fishing Zone’ at Gahirmata coastal area and some other places and asked them not to fish at the said places.

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Tamil Nadu to trial 50 Turtle Excluder Devices on fishing boats to protect sea turtles
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Tamil Nadu to trial 50 Turtle Excluder Devices on fishing boats to protect sea turtles

The Hindu  

The Tamil Nadu Fisheries and Fishermen Welfare Department has planned to begin a trial of 50 Turtle Excluder Devices on fishing boats to help protect sea turtles. Between January 17 and February 5, the Department has filed charge sheets against 193 fishing boats for breaking fishing rules, including 68 of those cases in Chennai. As part of efforts to control …

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