New Delhi, April 8 -- With the annual fishing ban to enable breeding of fish to start from April 15, there is an urgent and immediate need for assistance for India's marine fishermen, said noted agriculture scientist M.S. Swaminathan.
In a statement issued here Swaminathan, founder of the M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF) said the marine fishers restricted by the Covid-19 lockdown from March 20, they are additionally facing the annual fishing ban from April 15 until June 15 along India's east coast.
This means they will potentially be unable to fish for as many as 90 days and quick and effective intervention is required to support fishermen.
According to him, the fishing ban coinciding with the biological breeding period shoul...