KERALA-Traditional Fisher-People against Fishing Harbour

Traditional Fisher-People against Fishing Harbour Mukul Not only has the monsoon trawling ban in coastal waters not been enforced this year on one pretext or the other, but for the first time the Thankassery harbour, which is being developed ostensibly for the benefit of traditional fisher-people, has been used by a large number of mechanised trawlers. Traditional fisher-people see these developments as further assaults on their shrinking space in the marine sector.