Chennai, April 14 -- Prices of fish were expected to shoot up as the 61-day annual ban on deep sea fishing by mechanised trawlers along the East Coast of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, would commence from midnight tonight.
The ban would be in force till June 15.
Around 6,000 mechanised boats, across 13 coastal districts in the State, will not venture into the sea for fishing during this ban period.
Any violation will attract a penalty under Section 5 of the Tamil Nadu Marine Fisheries Regulation Act, 1983.
The ban is enforced by the State government from Tiruvallur district in the North to Kanyakumari district in the South, under the provisions of Centre's Deep Sea Fishing Regulation Act, 2001 would remain in effect till June 15 to facilita...