MARGAO
Even as the Betul coastal police detained and seized a fishing vessel reportedly from Maharashtra while fishing close to the Benaulim coast, a fleet of vessels from neighbouring Karnataka were engaged in fishing very close to the Cabo de Rama coast.
In fact, Cavelossim fisherman Roy Barretto, who was on a fishing trip in the sea on Wednesday noon found a fleet of fishing vessels from Malpei-Karnataka very close off Cabo de Rama coast.
Roy maintained that the fishing vessels were fishing very close to the Goa coast without any fear of the authorities cracking a whip against them.
That’s not all. Apart from fishing very close to the coast, Roy has claimed that these purse seine vessels were indulging in fishing in violation of the mesh size.
“This mode of fishing will destroy the marine resources as they catch even baby fish. The worst affected will be the traditional fishermen eking a living on the activity”, he added.
