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Plea to ensure safety of deep-sea fishers, vessels

Association demands provision of latest communication and safety equipment to fishing community All India Deep Sea Fishers’ Association has appealed to the government to ensure the safety of deep-sea fishers in the light of the recent series of accidents and loss of lives and fishing boats. In a memorandum submitted to Fisheries Minister Saji Cherian, the association listed a few recent accidents, including the one in which fishing vessel Andavan Thunai, which ventured out from Kochi on April 29, was caught in the cyclonic storm Tauktae and sank off the Lakshadweep islands on May 14. Fishers on two boats had witnessed the accident. However, there were misleading reports in a section of the media that the fishers in the vessel had returned safe though there is no news of them as of now.

Forum calls for safety of deep-sea fishers

Recent accidents saw fishing boats being hit by merchant navy ships The newly floated All India Deep Sea Fishers’ Association, representing around 7,000 fishers mostly from Tuthoor, Vallavila, Chinnathura, Poonthura, Irambiyanthura, Kollamgod South and Neerodi villages, have demanded steps to ensure the safety of deep sea fishers in the wake of a series of accidents that saw fishing boats being hit by merchant navy ships. M. Majeed, secretary of the association, said that deep-sea fishers, in the gillnet and longline boats, numbering around 600 and operating mostly out of Kochi, were not being accounted for now. The association wants the authorities to keep a record of the number of fishing boats going out into the deep sea on a regular basis and to provide them help in case of accidents.

Pandemic curtails harbour operations in Ernakulam

Pandemic curtails harbour operations in Ernakulam Updated: Updated: Scarcity of resources and COVID-19 restrictions hit fishers’ livelihood hard Share Article Scarcity of resources and COVID-19 restrictions hit fishers’ livelihood hard The spread of the fresh wave of COVID-19 has hit fishing harbours in the district, including Chellanam, Thoppumpady, Vypeen, Pallippuram, and Munambam. At the Thoppumpady fisheries harbour, where 20 to 25 boats land with catch on normal days, only two boats arrived on Saturday. The trend is not only because of the pandemic situation but also due to dwindling catch and fewer boats venturing out, said M. Majeed of All India Deep Sea Fishers’ Association.

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