Fishermen body warns of protest Express News ServiceFirst Published : 18 May 2010 04:08:00 AM ISTLast Updated :
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala Swatantra Matsyathozhilali Federation state president T Peter and Thiruvananthapuram district secretary Anto Elias have warned of strong agitation against the Union Government move to completely ban fishing from June 15 to July 31. It was reported in a section of the media that such a move is on, they said. It is the State Government, which is ought to decide the type of fishing to be allowed in the seas coming under its purview and not the Central Government, the Federation leaders said. ‘’Until now, it was only a trawling-ban that was implemented during monsoon. No Government can prevent a fish worker from his means of livelihood. Besides, this ban has no scientific basis,’’ Peter said. There is also a move to shift the trawling ban to November-January period, the Federation alleged. “The Central Government is opening up our seas for foreign vessels and at the same time pushing fishermen towards starvation. The Centre should control foreign fishing vessels,’’ they said. The traditional fishermen will go to the sea on June 15 and the Federation will be forced to resist any move to send trawlers to the sea, the Federation office-bearers said. Peter and Anto Elias further demanded that Union Ministers A K Antony, Vayalar Ravi, Mullappally Ramachandran and E Ahamed should clarify their stand on the issue. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To post to this group, send an email to greenyo...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to greenyouth+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB.