Tamil Nadu fishermen sacrifice net to save endangered dugong caught with fish
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Tamil Nadu fishermen sacrifice net to save endangered dugong caught with fish

India Today  

A dugong, caught along with fish, was released by kind-hearted fishermen who cut their nets to do so. A video of the good samaritans showed them cutting their fishing net to set free a trapped dugong. As they brought their nets ashore in the wee hours, the group found a large sea creature, about 6 ft long, trapped in the net that belonged to a fisherman named Prabhakaran. The concerned fishermen then meticulously cut their net making sure the dugong was not hurt in any manner. In the video of the release, one of the fishermen could be heard speaking soothingly to the dugong to keep it calm like he was speaking to a child.

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Fishermen release dugong trapped in net into sea in Tamil Nadu
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Fishermen release dugong trapped in net into sea in Tamil Nadu

India Today  

A massive dugong, which was trapped in a fisherman's net in Tamil Nadu's Thanjavur, was safely released back into the sea on Sunday. Twenty fishermen from Adhiramapattinam had gone into the sea on Sunday morning, when they saw a massive creature trapped in the net of a fisherman, Chellathurai, when they were near Thanjavur’s Keechathottam. The fishermen then informed the …

800-kg dugong trapped in seine net released back into sea off Thanjai
4 months, 2 weeks ago

800-kg dugong trapped in seine net released back into sea off Thanjai

New Indian Express  

THANJAVUR: A dugong, an endangered marine mammal, caught in a seine net in the early hours of Sunday near Adirampattinam was rescued and released back into the sea by fishermen. According to sources, around 20 fishermen of Keelathottam in Thanjavur noticed the eight-foot-long dugong entangled in the fishing net that was cast in the sea. After noticing the sea creature, …

India gets its first Dugong Conservation Reserve in Tamil Nadu
2 years, 6 months ago

India gets its first Dugong Conservation Reserve in Tamil Nadu

The Hindu  

Tamil Nadu on Wednesday notified the country’s first ‘Dugong Conservation Reserve’ in Palk Bay covering the coastal waters of Thanjavur and Pudukottai districts with an area of 448 square kilometers. The coastal communities along Palk Bay understand the need to conserve dugongs and they have been cooperating with forest department in the conservation efforts ever since. To realise these objectives …

Tamil Nadu fishermen allege Sri Lankan Navy cut their nets, chased them away from fishing spots
3 years, 8 months ago

Tamil Nadu fishermen allege Sri Lankan Navy cut their nets, chased them away from fishing spots

India Today  

Nearly 300 Tamil Nadu fishermen who had ventured into the sea on Saturday night claim that they were harassed by the Sri Lankan Navy while fishing near Dhanushkodi. Fishermen claim that 50 boats had to return after Sri Lankan Navy patrol boats surrounded them and threatened them. The rest, who were fishing in their traditional fishing area, allege that the …

All you need to know about Sri Lanka’s bottom trawling ban and India’s deep-sea fishing plan
7 years, 7 months ago

All you need to know about Sri Lanka’s bottom trawling ban and India’s deep-sea fishing plan

The Hindu  

The Sri Lankan Parliament unanimously passed an Amendment to the Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Act on July 6 that declared the method of fishing by bottom trawling an offence. Here’s an explainer on bottom trawling and deep-sea fishing, and the impact of the ban on fishermen from Tamil Nadu. The Central and Tamil Nadu governments plan to provide 500 deep-sea …

Fish prices fall, fishermen curbed by Sri Lankan Navy
8 years, 3 months ago

Fish prices fall, fishermen curbed by Sri Lankan Navy

Deccan Chronicle  

RAMESWARAM: Fish prices hit a new low here on Sunday when, after a long time, Rameswaram fishermen, braving all odds, returned to the shores with a huge catch of a variety of fishes including the much-sought after prawn varieties. Thrown between the frequent harassment and attacks on the high-seas by the Sri Lankan Navy and the severe cash crunch on …

Sri Lankan Navy snaps fishing nets of Tamil Nadu fishermen
8 years, 5 months ago

Sri Lankan Navy snaps fishing nets of Tamil Nadu fishermen

Deccan Chronicle  

Rameswaram: Nearly 500 fishermen from Rameswaram were forced to return on Thursday without catch after Sri Lankan Naval personnel allegedly snapped the fishing nets of 20 mechanised boats near Katchatheevu. The fishermen had put out to sea in 100 mechanised boats last evening and were fishing near Katchatheevu, when the naval men rounded up nearly 20 boats, snapped the fishing …

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