"Approach HC And Make Representation To Govt": SC Declines To Entertain PIL Seeking Enactment Of Uniform Act To Regulate Marine Fishing

Supreme Court has on Monday allowed withdrawal of PIL filed seeking directions for enactment of an uniform act to regulate the marine fishing for protection of rights and interest of traditional fishermen. The notification issued by the Tamil Nadu Government issued the notification 17th Feb 2020 to prohibit the traditional fishermen to carry the purse seine net in their country craft or vessels under Sub Rule 7 of Rule 17 of the Tamil Nadu Marine Fishing Regulation Rules, 1983. The plea filed by Advocate Binay Kumar Das, has sought the following reliefs from the Court: • Directions to respondents by which the Indian Parliament may enact an uniform Act to regulate the Marine Fishing with protection of equality, equal right of occupation, livelihood, economic interest amongst other traditional fishermen who maintain their livelihood by way of marine fishing occupation with the exploitation of fish, corresponding with other related Central laws with the protection and conservation of ecological diversity as well as to allow the traditional fishermen fishing beyond the limit of territorial water as well as within the Exclusive Economic Zones beyond the territorial water also • Directions to the concerned State respondents of the coastal States to allow the marginalised traditional fishermen who are using country craft and forming the Association, Co- operatives and any form of collective ways to maintain their livelihood keeping ecological balances, to catching marine fish with-purse seine or ring net. • Directions to respondents to lift and or quash the prohibition and or banning to carry on fishing with purse seine net under the Sub Rule 7 of Rule 17 of the Tamil Nadu Marine Fishing Regulation Rules, 1983 • Directions to allow the traditional fishermen of Tamil Nadu and their mechanical sea boat carry the purse seine net for catching the fish beyond the restricted area of territorial area and beyond the territorial water in the Exclusive Economic Zone.