With no transportation, fish abandoned on Hollant beach

Vasco: On Monday afternoon, a large amount of small fish was abandoned at Hollant beach, which comes under the jurisdiction of Velsao-Pale panchayat.
Local fishermen said they had put out ramponn (traditional fishing nets) at around 9am and by 3.30pm they caught a huge amount of small fish. It would have filled 20 trucks, they said.
Although the fishermen tried to release the fish back into the water, they were unsuccessful. The tide was low causing most of the fish to die.
“We could not even take the fish to Margao as we feared that the police would beat us. We had no option but to abandon the fish on the beach,” a fishermen told TOI.
General secretary of Goenchea Ramponkarancho Ekvott, Olencio Simoes, said, “The local fishermen are badly affected due to the lockdown. Tonnes of fish had to be abandoned due to the market in Margao being closed. The government should at least open the wholesale market.”
Fearing that the fish would start rotting, villagers complained to the panchayat, who immediately alerted the Verna police.
Later, the fishermen and their workers cleared the fish from the beach.