Odisha govt to put 7-month fishing ban close to Olive Ridley nesting websites

By PTI

KENDRAPARA: The Odisha authorities will impose a seven-month-long ban on fishing actions from Tuesday in an space spanning 20 km from the mouths of rivers Dhamara, Devi and Rusikulya, marking the start of the nesting season of Olive Ridley turtles, an official stated.

The prohibition is clamped yearly — from November 1-May 31 — to make sure the turtles do not get entangled in fishing nets or come beneath the propellers of trawlers, the forest official stated.

A multi-layered patrolling train, involving forest and fisheries departments, and the marine police, moreover the coast guard personnel, can be carried out close to the river mouths to maintain a verify on illegal actions, he said on Monday.

Five high-speed boats, 13 trawlers and help boats are being pressed into service to intercept unlawful fishing trawlers in prohibited zones, stated the forest official.

The state authorities has determined to increase one-time livelihood help of Rs 7,500 to the affected fishermen households in view of the ban.

At Gahirmatha coast right here, which is thought to be the biggest rookery for these endangered species, a blanket ban on sea-fishing stays enforced around the yr, the official identified.

During the nesting season, the feminine turtles invade the seashores normally on the lifeless of the night time for laying eggs, the phenomenon in any other case described as ‘arribada’.

After laying eggs, the turtles depart the nesting floor to stride into the deep sea.

Hatchlings emerge from these eggs after 45-60 days.

KENDRAPARA: The Odisha authorities will impose a seven-month-long ban on fishing actions from Tuesday in an space spanning 20 km from the mouths of rivers Dhamara, Devi and Rusikulya, marking the start of the nesting season of Olive Ridley turtles, an official stated.

The prohibition is clamped yearly — from November 1-May 31 — to make sure the turtles do not get entangled in fishing nets or come beneath the propellers of trawlers, the forest official stated.

A multi-layered patrolling train, involving forest and fisheries departments, and the marine police, moreover the coast guard personnel, can be carried out close to the river mouths to maintain a verify on illegal actions, he said on Monday.

Five high-speed boats, 13 trawlers and help boats are being pressed into service to intercept unlawful fishing trawlers in prohibited zones, stated the forest official.

The state authorities has determined to increase one-time livelihood help of Rs 7,500 to the affected fishermen households in view of the ban.

At Gahirmatha coast right here, which is thought to be the biggest rookery for these endangered species, a blanket ban on sea-fishing stays enforced around the yr, the official identified.

During the nesting season, the feminine turtles invade the seashores normally on the lifeless of the night time for laying eggs, the phenomenon in any other case described as ‘arribada’.

After laying eggs, the turtles depart the nesting floor to stride into the deep sea.

Hatchlings emerge from these eggs after 45-60 days.