Sign In
Learn bits
Economy
Mahesh

27/12/22 07:47 AM IST

Ban by coastal States on purse seine fishing not justified

In News
  • The Central Government has told the Supreme Court that a ban imposed by certain coastal States on purse seine fishing is not justified.
Purse Seine
  • Purse seines fishing is used in the open ocean to target dense schools of single-species pelagic (midwater) fish like tuna and mackerel.
  • A vertical net ‘curtain’ is used to surround the school of fish, the bottom of which is then drawn together to enclose the fish.
  • Purse-seine fishing in open water is generally considered to be an efficient form of fishing. It has no contact with the seabed.
  • It can also be used to catch fish congregating around fish aggregating devices.
  • Purse seining is a non-selective fishing method that captures everything that it surrounds, including sea turtles and marine mammals.
  • Several States and Union Territories like Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Puducherry, Odisha, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu Andaman and Nicobar Islands have prohibited Purse-seine fishing in their respective territorial waters of up to 12 nautical miles.
Concerns
  • In some States, it is linked to concerns about the decreasing stock of small, pelagic shoaling fish such as sardines, mackerel, anchovies and trevally on the western coasts.
  • The scientific community argues that climatic conditions, including the El Nino phenomenon, are responsible for the declining catch of such fish in the last ten years.
  • Fishermen using traditional methods have placed the blame squarely on the rise of purse seine fishing.
  • They fear a further fall in the availability of these small fish if the ban is lifted.
Source- The Hindu

More Related Current Affairs View All

17 Sep

Reasons Behind the heavy rain in Uttarakhand, Himachal

'Dehradun and several other districts in Uttarakhand have experienced very heavy rainfall over the past few days, triggering landslides in multiple areas and causing rivers to swel

Read More

08 Sep

Rajasthan’s coaching centre Bill

'The Rajasthan Coaching Centres (Control and Regulation) Bill, 2025, is a significant piece of legislation passed by the Rajasthan Assembly to regulate and oversee the state's burg

Read More

28 Aug

IADT-1

'Recently, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully carried out its first Integrated Air Drop Test (IADT-1), a crucial milestone in the preparation for the countr

Read More

India’s First Ai-Driven Magazine Generator

Generate Your Custom Current Affairs Magazine using our AI in just 3 steps