5 months ago
2
Cuddalore Collector Sibi Adhithya Senthil Kumar distributed 185 Turtle Excluder Devices (TEDs) worthy ₹43.45 lakh to fishermen successful the territory connected Tuesday (January 27, 2026). The TEDs, which are fitted to trawl nets, volition forestall oversea turtles from getting trapped successful them.
He said that arsenic portion of efforts to power oversea turtle deaths, the Tamil Nadu authorities has been implementing assorted measures annually during the turtle nesting play from January 1 to April 30. Key restrictions see prohibiting mechanised sportfishing boats wrong 5 nautical miles of the shore, banning accepted boats with engines implicit 10 horsepower successful declared nesting areas, and forbidding the usage of trawl nets.
As portion of these efforts, the Central Institute of Fisheries Technology (CIFT), Kochi, helped plan TEDs — fitted escaped of outgo to trawl nets successful Tamil Nadu. These guarantee that turtles flight unharmed, without disrupting fishermen’s livelihoods. The 185 devices, provided with 100% subsidy to Cuddalore’s trawl vessel owners, travel pre-installed successful nets. This safeguards some oversea turtles and fishermen’s livelihoods.
The Collector said that a nodal Task Force oversees turtle extortion done associated patrols and real-time monitoring of boats wrong 5 nautical miles via the ‘Nabhmitra’, a instrumentality developed by ISRO-Space Applications Centre (Ahmedabad) for the information of fishermen.
In addition, consciousness campaigns are being held successful sportfishing villages to amended section communities astir the value of protecting oversea turtles. Over 20 campaigns person been held truthful far, helium added.
