Bhubaneswar, Dec. 18 -- The Forest officials today arrested 23 marine fishermen and seized three sea-worthy fishing trawlers from the sea water of the Gahirmatha marine sanctuary of Odisha's Kendrapara district on the charge of illegally fishing within the turtle congregation zone, an official said.
The fishing trawls, used by the intruders for fishing along the prohibited sanctuary area, were seized by the forest patrol teams. The intruders who were arrested are the marine fishermen of Balasore and Mayurbhanj, Kendrapara and Jagatsinghpur districts. They were later sent to judicial custody, said Assistant Conservator of Forest, Manas Das.
The fishing vessel had trespassed into prohibited sanctuary corridors contravening the provisions of...