Centre to examine fishermen’s plea on deep-sea fishing vessels
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The Centre will examine the request of fishermen of Rameswaram for growing the unit value of deep-sea fishing vessels below a Tamil Nadu-specific scheme, in accordance to K. Gopal, Principal Secretary (Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries) within the State authorities.
An assurance to this impact was supplied throughout the current go to of the Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Giriraj Singh, to Rameswaram.
Dr. Gopal disclosed this whereas replying to a query by The Hindu on whether or not the difficulty of climbing the unit value was raised.
While the unit value of a deep-sea fishing vessel below the State-specific scheme, additionally known as the Palk Bay scheme, was fastened at ₹80 lakh, the unit value below the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY), an all-India scheme aimed toward centered and sustainable growth of fisheries sector, had been decided at ₹1.2 crore.
One of the explanations cited for the poor response from the State’s fishermen to the previous is the inadequate monetary help envisaged which has, in flip, been ruled by the low unit value.
The Palk Bay scheme was launched in 2017 with a view to offering 2,000 vessels in three years to fishermen of the State and motivating them to abandon backside trawling.
Another goal of the scheme is to “reduce fishing pressure” across the proximity of the International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL) in order that Tamil Nadu fishermen didn’t cross the IMBL and fish in Sri Lankan waters. Till a few month in the past, 42 beneficiaries have been handed over the vessels.
62 boats salvaged
As for the variety of fishing boats which have been impounded by the Sri Lankan authorities, the Secretary mentioned it was 12. In the final 4 years, 62 boats have been salvaged.
On the standing of 125 unsalvageable boats that had been proposed for auctioning in Sri Lanka, the Indian High Commission within the neighbouring nation had indicated to the State Fisheries Department to discover the potential of sending a staff to the island for arriving at this time worth of the boats, Dr. Gopal added.
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