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Harmful nets, chemicals destroying Keenjhar livelihoods
Business
May 5, 2021
HYDERABAD: After marine waters, some influential people have started using destructive fishing nets in Keenjhar Lake, threatening the livelihood of a large number of community people.
These small-eyed nets not only destroy available fish stock, mainly juvenile fish, but also ruin vegetation, where fish breed, local fishermen activists said.
Fishers in villages around the lake own about 1,700 fishing boats, of these 10-12 boats are equipped with harmful nets despite an official ban.
These harmful nets have a capacity to wipe out marine species, including juvenile fish and turtles in the area, and are a threat to the ecosystem.