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Representatives of the Tamil Nadu Indian Fishermen Welfare Association demanding enactment against Puducherry fishermen utilizing precocious powerfulness motor sportfishing boats submitted a petition with the District Collector Simranjeet Singh Kahlon present connected Tuesday.
Jesu Raja, 1 of the fishermen relation leaders, said, successful the Southern portion of the State, 1,500 mechanised boats, 4,000 state boats from Ramanathapuram district, 600 mechanised boats, 5,000 state boats from Pudukkottai district, 500 mechanised boats, 6,000 state boats from Thanjavur district, were being operated.
To arsenic stock the marine resources among the Ramanathapuram territory fishermen, trawler fishermen participate oversea lone connected 3 days – Saturday, Monday and Wednesday, whereas, the state vessel fishermen, task into the oversea for sportfishing connected the remaining 4 days – Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, helium noted.
In this situation, fishermen from Puducherry, utilizing steel-framed agelong trawlers with 350 Horse Power motor power, casually transverse 100 nautical miles and participate the Palk Strait portion to stay-and-fish for adjacent to 10 consecutive days, helium alleged.
They extract much marine resources from the constrictive Palk Strait area, helium said, adding: “They not lone lavation distant our resources but besides destruct the sportfishing nets that would beryllium laid successful definite areas successful the oversea during nighttime times.”
Further, the mechanised vessel fishermen indiscriminately flout marine rules and participate International Maritime Boundary Line. Due to this, the frustrated Sri Lankan Navy, to vent retired their anger, arrested and detain fishermen and boats from Ramanathapuram, said S. Emirut, different fishermen relation leader.
“The Rameswaram fishermen who food successful the accepted Katchatheevu sportfishing country are being held by the Sri Lankan Navy precise frequently. Close to 400 mechanised boats were held by the overseas federation and hundreds of fishermen were arrested, convicted and imposed crores of rupees,” helium added.
