On a sunny day in January, A. Prakash, 40, sits on a boat in Kovalam, off the East Coast Road (ECR) in Chengalpattu district of Tamil Nadu. He has just returned from a fishing trip where he saw 10 Olive…
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NGT issues notice to Andhra govt. on Olive Ridley turtle deaths, orders T.N. to submit trawler information
NGT Southern Bench says the departments concerned should have stepped in first to curb the mass mortality of the turtles, and then proceed with the prosecution. | Photo Credit: B. Thamodharan The Tamil Nadu Fisheries Department has informed the Southern…
Forest officials ask fishermen to use Turtle Excluder Devices, seek cooperation of Fisheries Dept. to prevent Olive Ridley deaths
An Olive Ridley sea turtle after it was washed ashore, at Marina Beach in Chennai. | Photo Credit: PTI Officials of the Forest Department in Vijayawada have appealed to the fishermen across the State to use Turtle Excluder Devices (TEDs)…