The 18 fishermen who were arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement As batch of 18 fishermen who set out to sea on a mechanised vessel from Karaikal on Sunday were arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy in the late hours on Monday on charges of trespassing into the island nation … Read more
Fishermen have urged Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin to release the dole for the lean fishing period before the Deepavali. Community leader Nanjil Ravi said families in around 270 fishing hamlets from Tiruvallur to Nagapattinam would benefit from this. “The government had announced a dole during October to December up to Nagapattinam to ensure … Read more
Country boat fishermen and their families staged a road roko in Pamban on Monday, July 1, 2024, after the arrest of four fishers by the Sri Lankan Navy | Photo Credit: BALACHANDAR L Twenty five fishermen from Ramanathapuram district were arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy while they were fishing in four country boats near … Read more
Tamil Nadu Chief M. K. Stalin | Photo Credit: RAGU R Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. K. Stalin on Monday, June 24, 2024, wrote to Union External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar seeking to secure the immediate release of all the fishermen and their fishing boats apprehended by Sri Lanka. “I write this letter to you … Read more
Boats anchored in Rameswaram fishing jetty in protest against the arrest of fishermen by the Sri Lanka Navy. File photo | Photo Credit: L. Balachandar In a fresh case of alleged poaching charge, Sri Lankan Navy personnel arrested 19 fishermen from Rameswaram and Thangachimadam near Neduntheevu in the early hours of Thursday, According to information, … Read more
The fishermen had ventured into the sea on Friday (February 2, 2024), and were attacked late that night, police said. File photograph used for representational purposes only | Photo Credit: MOORTHY M In two separate incidents, five fishermen from Arcottuthurai coastal village in Nagapattinam district were attacked by unidentified persons, mid-sea, while they were fishing … Read more
Eight Sri Lankan persons were detained by the Indian Coast Guard and handed over to the Mandapam Marine Police on Tuesday, October 24, 2023 | Photo Credit: BALACHANDAR L Eight Sri Lankans were detained and four fibre boats were impounded in Ramanathapuram by the surveillance team of the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) in the early … Read more
Three more fishermen from Nagapattinam district were allegedly attacked and robbed of their belongings, by a group of unidentified persons mid-sea, late on Tuesday. August 22, 2023, while they were fishing several nautical miles away from the Kodiyakkarai coast. The three fishermen managed to return to the Vedaranyam coast on Wednesday morning. Police identified them … Read more
Fishermen have urged the Environment Department to redraw the Coastal Zone Management Plan (CZMP) of Chengalpattu district after taking their inputs. “The names of several villages are missing, high and low tide lines have been marked wrongly, spots meant for parking boats, drying fish and spaces for construction of additional houses have all been left … Read more
Fishermen from in and around Ennore Creek protesting against the installation of transmission towers in the waterbody on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: B. JOTHI RAMALINGAM Fishermen of hamlets in and around Ennore Creek on Wednesday staged a protest against the Tamil Nadu Transmission Corporation (Tantransco) installing transmission towers in their fishing grounds. Men from Kattukuppam, … Read more