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Indian Marine Fisheries Bill: Quantity of catch falling, but proposed law silent on sustainability


Express News Service
CHENNAI: A recent rapid stock status assessment done by Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) in Tamil Nadu coastal waters shows the quantity of landings of many fish varieties, which was once in abundance, is now declining across Palk Bay, Coromandel Coast, and the Gulf of Mannar.
For instance, the historical maximum catch of oil sardine is 1,24,276 MT and the recent three-year average catch has dropped to 40,766 MT, a fall of a staggering 67 per cent. In the Gulf of Mannar, oil sardine landings fell from 34,559 MT to 2,776 MT, a 92 per cent depletion. One reason for this was, in Thoothukudi area, the gillnetters target lesser sardine and avoid oil sardine shoals due to a lack of local demand. But the landings of lesser sardine also dropped by 40 per cent. This raises the question of sustainability. ....

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TN CM urges PM not to table Marine Fishermen Bill in Parliament


TN CM urges PM not to table Marine Fishermen Bill in Parliament
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Stalin ropes in AIADMK leader in Covid advisory panel. Image Source: IANS News
Chennai, July 21 : Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging him not to proceed with the Indian Marine Fishermen Bill, 2021 in the monsoon session of Parliament.
The Chief Minister s letter to the Prime Minister came after Fishermen Associations and VCK leader D. Ravikumar took up the matter and staged protests and held black flag demonstrations against the proposed bill.
IANS had reported on July 20, that the fishermen associations were planning massive agitations across the state and had requested the Chief Minister to intervene in the matter. ....

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