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Cleanliness drive in the sea as well

Malvan, 27: Sea turtles and dolphins, which are protected marine life, die in large numbers every year. Broken nets entangled with stones and other materials in the sea are causing the death of turtles and dolphins. Indian Institute of Aquatic Sports (IISDA) at the Tarkarli Scuba Diving Center has taken up an innovative initiative in view of the destruction of wildlife caught in these nets. The work of collecting broken nets in the sea off the coast of the district will be done using the scuba diving method. Sarang Kulkarni, head of ISDA, provided this information.

Biodiversity is abundant in the sea here. Dolphins and sea turtles in the sea attract tourists; However, many dolphins and sea turtles get trapped in the fishermen's nets and die in the sea.As high speed boats pass over the nets of small fishermen, their nets break in the sea. Sometimes even broken fishing nets are thrown into the sea.

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Demand for ban on purse seine nets

Malvan, 27th: A one-day workshop was recently held at Sanskar Hall in Dhuriwada to inform about guidelines prepared for the protection of small-scale fishermen worldwide. Voluntary guidelines for securing sustainable small-scale fisheries in the context of food security and poverty alleviation have been adopted by member countries of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

If the poverty of small-scale and traditional fishermen worldwide is to be eradicated and sustainable development of the fishing industry is to be achieved, first of all destructive fishing such as purse seine should be completely banned. We have lived and grown till now by traditional fishing. We did not feel the need to fish with purse seine nets, but today, the ban on purse seines is necessary to save the fishing industry,’ traditional fishermen said at the workshop.

It was ratified as an international instrument in June 2014. A one-day workshop was conducted with the aim of creating more public awareness about these directions.

Mr. Adkar pointed out the difficulties faced by the people of the village community in obtaining the caste certificate. For years, the fishing community has been living on the coast. But there is no evidence before 1967 to suggest that. However, the government should consider this matter, said Mahendra Paradkar about the family, economic, social and health issues of women fish sellers who are working under the guidance of Mumbai Development Study Centre.

Fishermen who engage in sustainable and small-scale fishing with gillnets, rapan, ghaval etc. should be classified as small fishermen too. They should not include trawlers and purse seiners. With the help of migrant sailors, the rich are investing heavily in the fishing industry. It is adversely affecting the business of small fishermen. This time, the fishermen explained that the fishermen who do traditional and sustainable fishing are the small fishermen in real sense.