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Three instances of Dugongs rescued by fishermen of coastal Pudukottai territory person been reported successful speedy intervals during this month. The marine mammal — commonly known arsenic oversea cattle — got entangled successful the sportfishing cogwheel of fibre vessel fishermen portion they were engaged successful sportfishing disconnected the Pudukottai coast. The trapped Dugongs were rescued and safely released into the oversea by the fishermen of Ponnagaram and Therkku Pudhukudi coastal villages connected February 6, 11, and 20.
Similar instances of rescue of trapped Dugongs by fishermen and their harmless merchandise into the oversea were reported successful assorted coastal villages past twelvemonth too. A Forest section authoritative said six cases of rescue were reported successful February, June, and July past year. The fishermen progressive successful the rescue acts belonged to Krishnajipattinam, Ponnagaram, Ammapattinam, Muthurajapuram, and Sanguthoppu.
The fishermen grounds video with their mobile phones of the trapped Dugong and their safe merchandise into the oversea and nonstop them to the Forest section officials. The section has been providing currency incentives to fishermen for their rescue enactment too helping them repair the sportfishing nets damaged successful the process.
The rescue acts by fishermen is being attributed to the sustained consciousness programmes being organised by the Forest section explaining to them the value of conservation of Dugong and different endangered marine taxon and extortion of their habitats. The consciousness programmes has had affirmative effect which is evident from the rescue of the trapped Dugong and their harmless merchandise into the sea, the authoritative said.
The Pudukottai territory has a 42-km agelong seashore enactment with consciousness programmes organised from Kattumavadi to Enadhi. The consciousness programmes were being carried retired with funds provided nether the Tamil Nadu Biodiversity Conservation and Greening Project for Climate Change Response scheme.
Drone surveillance
Alongside consciousness programmes, field-level section officials person been monitoring the question of Dugongs by deploying a drone. The section bought a drone a fewer months agone which is being deployed erstwhile successful a fortnight from Vadakku Ammapattinam to show Dugongs and their question astatine antithetic locations successful the oversea considered to beryllium their situation successful an effort to support this marine species. The gadget is flown a fewer kilometres supra the oversea from the enactment to show this marine mammal.
The section has been utilizing a fibre vessel procured by it exclusively to show Dugong movements. The vessel patrolling was carried retired regular by engaging a fisherman arsenic a vessel relation and a section unit connected board. The patrolling from Vadakku Ammapattinam is being carried retired up to 10 km from the enactment depending connected the upwind speed, the authoritative said.
