Giri, for the petitioners, countered that 17 lakh fishermen use purse seine nets. They were not “affluent” but small fishermen who had worked their way up the pecking order in the fishing ...

In some States, it is linked to concerns about the decreasing stock of small, pelagic shoaling ... those using big boats with purse seine fishing nets claim that it is simply a more scientific ...

Fishermen across Mumbai, Thane and Palghar are planning to protest against the use of purse seine ... as a beach seine, or from a boat. Seine nets trap non-target species and small fish and ...

The Maharashtra government will not issue new licenses for purse seine nets, said chief minister Devendra Fadnavis. This is an effort to save the fishing industry. Mumbai: The Maharashtra ...

Purse seine nets can stretch from 500 metres up to 1 kilometres ... The nets have mesh spanning from 25 mm to 35mm that blocks small fish, fishlings and fish eggs from falling back into the ...

What we propose is to allow us to use purse seine nets outside the five nautical miles, which will protect the interest of small and traditional fishermen. Also, we want to use the nets only for ...

In January 2023, the Supreme Court lifted the ban on purse seine fishing nets under certain conditions, allowing fishers to use the nets twice a week (on Mondays and Thursdays) between 8 am and 6 ...

See All Key Ideas Purse seine fishing nets may be set for tuna ... and that WCPFC’s small member country of Palau, a dive-tourism destination, had just preserved 80% of its national waters ...

Purse seine nets can be spread over a 3-km radius, which leaves no catch for the small-level local fishermen. Moreover, according to Tandel, such fishing would finish off the marine life in the ...

When the purse seine circles the FAD, the tuna are extracted and most ... There have been documented cases of purse seiners encircling sport boats with their nets and dropping small sticks of dynamite ...

The Supreme Court early last year passed an order allowing the use of purse seine fishing nets ('surukku madi valai') albeit with conditions like setting specific hours for fishing with it and ...

The use of LED lights for fishing, combined with purse seine nets, has significantly affected the Konkan sea waters in Maharashtra. Small fishermen have been protesting against this method used by ...