Oil sardines on revival path, but scientists advise caution
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Immature sardines spotted in southern coastal Kerala
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Immature sardines spotted in southern coastal Kerala
After showing a declining trend for the past few years, Indian oil sardine seems to be on a revival path along the Kerala coast.
Scattered batches of immature sardines have been spotted in southern coastal Kerala thanks to a seemingly favourable condition in the marine ecosystem.
But the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) cautioned against catching them extensively, as it might badly impact the expected revival of the fish. Upon assessing sexual maturity, a team of CMFRI researchers found that the sardines with a size of 14 cm to 16 cm were yet to reach the reproductive stage.
Call to implement insurance scheme in marine fisheries
December 30, 2020
× Parametric insurance scheme should be implemented in marine fisheries to compensate the loss suffered by the fishermen following weather alerts, said Muralee Thummarukudy, Operations Manager, Crisis Management Branch of United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
Speaking at a webinar organised by the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI), he said, “Recent increasing trend of cyclones have a cascading effect on the livelihood of the fishers.” Ensuring a parametric insurance scheme would make fishermen fully cooperative to such alerts banning fishing, he added.
Thummarukudy also said that climate change and extreme weather conditions would cause more calamities in marine fisheries sector in future.