Chennai, Sept 19(BPNS) Fishermen community have strongly voiced their protest against the construction of a private port at Pulicat area. The fishermen warned that the construction would lead to the death of the Pulicat lake, brackish water lake. The fishermen community of Pulicat have already given a memorandum to Union minister of state for fisheries […]

Chennai, August 22 (BPNS) Around 60 Indian fishing boats that were engaged in fishing off the Rameshwaram coast in Tamil Nadu was subjected to stone-pelting by the Sri Lankan Navy , according to state fishing department officials. The officials said that around 25 boats along with the fishing nets and other equipment was damaged in […]

Chennai, July 1(BPNS) Fishermen association leader Jesu Raja who is heading the fishermen association of  Rameswaram, Mandapam, and Thangachimadam has said that the state government must fix prices for fish just like the fixation of price for paddy and other produce. He said that export firms were procuring fish like Pomfret, Seer fish, and prawns […]