Automated Translation:
The decision to ban purse seine fishing brings relief to the Koli community

NAF demands to solve other problems on priority

Prabhadevi, 17 (Correspondent): The decision taken by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis regarding the purse seine net fishing ban has given relief to the Koli community; but some problems are still pending. The All-India President of the National Association, Gajendra Bhanji, expressed through a manifesto that the government should pay serious attention to it as it has not been resolved.

Local and poor fishermen suffer losses due to fishing through purse seine nets. Fishermen are relieved as the Chief Minister banned purse seine net fishing in the state. However, the National Association of Fishermen has also demanded that the approval of the Central Government should be taken to impose such a ban across the country along with the state.

The fishermen's problems are not over yet. Government should make new maritime rules for fishermen, so that the fishermen are not harmed. So far, 127 foreign trawlers are actively fishing in 22 nautical miles. While fishing, they discard the small fish caught in the net. Already, coastal silting is killing fish, reducing fish stocks.

Fish caught in the nets of the big trawlers make it impossible to catch fish in some places. Bhanji has demanded that the government should declare a drought and compensate the fishermen in those places where fish are not available.

Demands of the association

-Government should shut down trawlers

Women fishmongers should be immediately given license to sell fish

Sea rules should be followed

- Declaring drought in those areas of the ocean where fish is not available, and compensation should be given.