Scientists at the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute have recommended tapping ribbon fish variety pearly hairtails, a non-conventional deep-sea resource found in the south-eastern Arabian Sea, for the reduction industry. “Pearly hairtails, encountered between 200- and 600-metre depth, have found enthusiastic acceptance from the fishmeal industry”, said a paper published by CMFRI scientists recently. The considerably huge assemblage of pearly …
11 fishermen belonging to Karaikalmedu in Karaikal and nearby coastal habitations of Mayiladuthurai district in Tamil Nadu, were held by Sri Lankan Navy in an operation held in the northeast of Veththalakerni in Sri Lankan waters on Wednesday, December 21, 2022. The Naval personnel of Northern Naval Command were engaged in chasing away a cluster of Indian poaching trawlers who …
Reaching out directly to the Tamil Nadu political leadership for the first time, Sri Lankan fishermen have urged Chief Minister M.K. Stalin to come up with a “progressive” solution to the fisheries conflict that affects fisherfolk in Tamil Nadu and war-hit northern Sri Lanka, and “threatens the historically strong relationship” shared by the two Tamil communities. They were referring to …
Two long-standing issues have added a new dimension to the complicated and fraught India-Sri Lanka relations. The issues are: Indian fishermen regularly crossing over to Sri Lankan waters and adopting bottom trawling method of fishing, which Sri Lankan Tamil fishermen claim ruin their livelihood; and the presence of Sri Lankan refugees in India. They are also arranging legal representation.” He …
Dozens of northern fishermen on Sunday set out on boats from the coast of the eastern Mullaitivu district to Point Pedro in Jaffna in the north, demanding that Sri Lankan authorities implement laws banning the destructive bottom trawling method of fishing. On October 13 the Sri Lankan Navy, arrested 23 Indian fishermen and seized two fishing vessels on charges of …
A mechanised boat with four fishermen on board that had ventured into the sea from Kottaipattinam fishing jetty in Pudukottai district on Monday has gone missing. Incidentally, the Sri Lankan Navy said in Colombo that an Indian fishing trawler had sunk off Delft Island or Neduntheevu in the Palk Strait late on Monday night when it was confronted by its …