Tamil Nadu: Fishing days raised in 31 coastal villages

KANYAKUMARI: The fisheries department in Kanyakumari district has increased the number of fishing days in 31 coastal villages starting Thursday. The decision comes following representations from fishermen and their associations. Till Wednesday, the villages were given turns to go for fishing twice a week from each of the villages.
In some villages, where there are more boats, fishermen could go to the sea only once and this hardly helped them sail through the weekly expenses. “We also had to stop the fish landing and sale due to uncontrolled crowds that threw social distancing in the air and posed a threat to the spread of Covid-19,” a fisheries official said.
Fishermen associations said the crowd could be reduced if the number of fishing days is increased.