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Idling boats leave fishers in deep waters Updated: Updated: With an unprecedented dip in fish availability, vessels have stopped venturing into the sea Share Article With an unprecedented dip in fish availability, vessels have stopped venturing into the sea Hit hard by an unprecedented dip in catch, majority of the fishing boats in Kerala are lying idle for the last few days generating anxiety in the sector. While 80% of the trawlers have stopped venturing into the sea, traditional fishers say there has been an alarming decline in the availability of pelagic fish species such as mackerel and...

‘Fishing community is already suffering from the lockdown’

Thu 1 Apr 2021 01.30 EDT Last modified on Thu 1 Apr 2021 23.20 EDT For years, plastic caught by fishing communities on the Kollam coast in India’s southern state of Kerala was thrown back into the water, damaging aquatic ecosystems and killing fish. But fishers are spearheading an innovative initiative to clean up the ocean – along with their daily hauls of fish, they pull in and collect the waste that gets enmeshed in their nets. Bottles, ropes, toys, shoes, discarded fishing nets and polythene bags are sorted, washed, shredded, before being recycled into material added to asphalt...