India, July 15 -- The city's fishing community, and everyone else employed in the seafood supply chain, heaved a collective sigh of relief on Monday, with the state government promising that the deadlock over warehouse rentals at Sassoon Dock would be worked out.

State fisheries and ports development minister, Nitesh Rane, said in the legislative council on Monday that the state government is working with the Mumbai Port Authority (MbPA) and the Maharashtra Fisheries Development Corporation (MFDC) to resolve the dispute.

"I have spoken to fishermen and the Mumbai Port Authority, and will also speak to the central government. We will find a way out of the impasse over the dues," Rane said. "The fishing community will not be evicted (from...